School: Móta Ghráinne Óige

Location:
Woodlawn, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlís Ní Innse
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    a duck and a duck in the middle?
    Three ducks.
    70 As I was going to the fair of Ives. I met nine tinkers and their wives. Then nine tinkers had nine cats then nine cats had nine kittens, how many was going to the fair of Ives?
    One.
    71 Why is smiles the longest word in the English language?
    Because it has a mile in the middle of it.
    72 When is a gander a goose?
    When he is on the table.
    73 As round as an apple as deep as a pail it never rings out until it is caught by the tail?
    A bell.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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