School: Tír na Móna (roll number 10441)
- Location:
- Tirnamona, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Blackburn
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The butler bringing a turkey on a dish to the dining room and he let it fall.156. My first and third are just the same. Pray how can that be two letters more would spell the name. A man of wits was he?
Adam157. How many sides are there on a football
Two sides.158. Which would you say "the yoke of a egg is white or ae white."
No, a yoke of a egg is yellow.159. Why is a horse chestnut called a horse chestnut.
Because there is a horse shoe on it.160. Little Nannie Eddie coat sits in her Petticoats.
A candle.161. What eats all it gets.?
A fire.162. What is the longest word in English language.
Smiles. Because there is a mile between the two letters.163. There is a man of Adam's race. He had a certain dwelling place. neither did dwell in heaven on hell. Where did this man dwell?
Jonah in the fishe's body.164. What has eyes and cannot see.
A potato.165. Why should you not tell secrets in a cornfield
Because there are too many ears.166. What fruit is on a penny.?
The date.
