School: Gortnessy (roll number 7235)

Location:
Gortinessy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. Nic Sheáin
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  1. What is the thing that has eyes and sees none at all?
    A: A potato
    A house full, a room full, couldn’t lift a spoon full?
    A: Smoke.
    Head like a thimble, tail like a rat, you may guess for ever but you could not guess that.
    A: A pipe.
    What turns without moving?
    A: Milk
    What has neither blood, flesh, or cone, but four fingers and a thumb?
    A: A glove.
    What gets wet with drying?
    A: A towel.
    What works all day and covers its face with its hands?
    A: A clock
    What is bought and never lent, the man that buys it doesn’t want it and the man that wants it doesn’t know it?
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