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Leatóin, Co. an Chabháin
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P. Ó Hiorraí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 309

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    121. Why do women talk less in February?
    Ans. Because it is the shortest month.
    122. Where was Noah when the light went out? Ans. He was in the dark.
    123. What grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earned its master many a pound? Ans. A fiddle.
    124. What goes round and round and round the wood and never touches the wood? Ans. A knife in a man's pocket.
    125. As black as ink as white as milt and hops on the road like hail-stones?
    Ans. A magpie.
    126. What goes round and round the house draging its puddings after it?
    Ans. A hen and
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