School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)
- Location:
- Droichead Chearbhalláin, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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- (continued from previous page)"What turns and never shakes"?
"Milk getting sour.""If it takes an hour to wash yourself what will it take to dry yourself?"
"A towel.""Why does a hen pick a pot"
"Because she can't lick it""I have a little house and it would not hold a mouse and has a many windows as the Lord mayor's house"?
"A thimble""A leper of ditches, a clipper of thorns, a little brown cow without any horns?"
"A Hare".
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