School: Lisnabo, Newtownforbes (roll number 15460)
- Location:
- Lisnabo, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bhiadhtaigh
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- 1. A little white and round house, and it is full of meat,
But it has no doors or windows to let me in to eat.
Answer. An egg.
2. How would you compare your eye with a school?
Both of them have pupils.
2. Why does a hen pick a pot?
Because she cannot lick it.
4. What is it that goes through the wood and through the wood but never touches a bit of the wood?
A knife in a man's pocket.
5. What is the differance between a hill and a pill. ?
One is hard to get up and the other is hard to get down.
6. Which is the quicker heat or cold>
Heat, because you can catch a cold.
7. What is the shyest piece of furniture in the house/
The clock, because it keeps its keeps its hands on its face.
