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School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)

Location:
Droim an Teampaill, Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
Michael Quinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 031

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    16. What has seven feet and a tail wagging?
    Answer - A dog licking a pot
    17. I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in Ireland would not count all the windows in it?
    Answer a Thimble
    18. What month do the women talk least in?
    Answer - February
    19. What is worse than having a hole in your stocking?
    Answer - Having one in each
    20. If a man had then sons and each son had a sister, how many children would that man have?
    Answer - Eleven
    21. What flies with four wings?
    Answer - Two birds
    22. What is it the older it gets the smaller it grows?
    Answer - A candle
    23. If a fellow in a field of beans said a fellow to a fellow what a fellow means. How many his in that?
    Answer - No of in that
    24. If a man got sixpence for walking a mile, what would he get for walking thirty
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