School: Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10956)
- Location:
- Castleisland, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Céin
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- (continued from previous page)If a black man & a white went in a motor and if the black man ate the white man, what was the no. of the car?
281As round as a ball as a deep as a cup, all the King's army couldn't lift it up?
A well.Long legs, crooked thighs, small head & no eyes?
A tongs.I have a little house and a mouse wouldn't live in it and all the men in town couldn't count all the windows in it?
A thimble.Thro. a wall & thro. a wall & never touches a wall?
A soundAll teeth and never eat?
A comb.Did you ever see half a pig's head with 2 eyes?
Yes - my own.Black & white & read all over?
A newspaper.Fire under, fire over & never touches the fire?
A cake in an ovenWhat has a face cannot see?
A ClockLng legged father, big belly mother, 12 little children all the same colour?
A clockThe man that made it never wore it & the man that wore it never saw it?
A coffin.At what side of the cup is the handle?
On the outsideWhat is the difference between a fly & an elephant?
A fly can perch on the elephant's back and an elephant can't perch on his.what turns & never moves?
A road.How many thorns in a field of furze?
One & all the rest.Timber toes, iron nose & on my words it would frighten the crows?
A gunWhat is the hardest key to turn?
a donkey.What has his heart in its head?
A head of cabbage(continues on next page)
