School: Cill Tártáin
- Location:
- Kiltartan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh
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- (continued from previous page)53. When was beef the highest?
Ans. When (was) the cow jumped over the moon.
54. What's the difference between a fox and a horse?
Ans. One gets into the trap the other gets under it.
55. What is brought to the table and cut but never eaten?
Ans. A pack of cards.
56. What is the difference between an ass and a stamp?
Ans. You stick a stamp with a lick and you lick an as with a stick.
57. Why is a dog like a tree?
Ans. They both have a bark.
58. What is the difference between a black hen and a white hen?
Ans. A black hen can lay a white egg byt a white hen cannot lay a black egg.
59. What is full and holds more?
Ans. A pot full of potatoes and you pour in water.
60. A man without eyes saw plums on a tree. He took some and left some and how could that be.
Ans. A man without one eye saw two plums on a tree.
61. Which is the biggest.
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