School: Aughaclay (roll number 13140)
- Location:
- Templemoyle, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Ó Beirn
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- Q. What gets wet with drying.
A. A towel.
Q. What suffers most from boils.
A. A kettle.
Q. Why is a pig in the kitchen like a house on fire.
A. Because the sooner its out the better.
Q. As round as a marble as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man.
A. A penny.
Q. What becomes bigger by taking a piece of it.
A. A hole in your stocking.
Q. Spell broken down ditch in three letters.
A. Gap.
Q. Four legs up, four legs down, soft in the middle and hard all round.
A. A bed.
Q. If your uncle's sister is not your aunt what relation is she to you.
A. Your mother.
