School: Gleanntán
- Location:
- Glounthaune, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Daghnáin
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What goes round the wood and round the wood and still it never goes into the wood.
Answer = The band of a cart-wheel.
3.
What goes under the ground and still it never touche's the ground?
Answer = A pipe in a miner's pocket.
4.
What has teeth but cannot eat?
Answer = A saw.
5.
Why did the hen peck the dish?
Answer = Because she couldn't lick it.
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Why is a pig in a parlour like a house on fire?
Answer: Because they are both hard to get out.
7.
What's the last thing you do at night? Answer: Close your eyes.
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Answer A donkey was tied with a rope six yard long, and there was a cock of hay eight yards away. How did he(continues on next page) - Collector
- Domhnail Ó Grandún
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Johnstown, Co. Cork
