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School: Ballyvaldon (roll number 10792)

Location:
Ballyvaldon, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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    A ship got three coats of paint which went on
    the first ?
    (The second)
    How do you care for your sole ?
    By walking on the heel.
    the more you take from it the bigger it gets
    A grave
    What is the hardest thing in the
    world to do ?
    Scratch a wooden leg until it bleeds
    Why does a cow look over
    the ditch ?
    Because she cant look under it.
    What part of a cow goes over the
    ditch first ?
    Her breath.
    What had not Adam + Eve the
    gave it to his children ?
    Parents
    Which burns the longer - a foot candle or two foot candle ?
    They both burn shorter
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