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School: Ballyhogue

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Ballyhoge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mrs. Margaret Cahill
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    Q. Why does a cow look over a ditch?
    A. Because she can't look under it.
    Q. What goes around the wood and around the wood and never goes into the wood?
    A. The bark of a tree.
    Q. There is a little woman, she lives in the ditch, if you went near her she would give you the itch?
    A. A nettle.
    Q. As I walked through a field of wheat, I picked up something nice to eat, it was neither fish, flesh, feather nor bone, I brought it home and it walked alone?
    A. A Snail.
    Q. Up and down and it never touches the sky nor the ground?
    A. The handle of a pump.
    Q. How many wells would make a river?
    A. One if it was big enough.
    Q. Why does a hen cross the road?
    A. Because she wanted to get to the other side.
    Q. Why is a loaf like the sun?
    A. Because it rises.
    Q. Humpty Dumpty on a wall humpty dumpty got a fall all the king's horses and all the king's men would not put humpty together again?
    A. A broken egg.
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    Language
    English
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