School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)

Location:
Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
Teachers:
P. Ó Conchobhair T. Ó Teimhneáin
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  1. Teacher:- "Can anyone tell me the meaning of the word average."
    Tom:- "Yes, Miss, it is a thing that a hen lays an egg on."
    Teacher:- "Why do you say that?
    Tom:- "Because you told us before, that hen laid an egg on an average once a day
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    Teacher (examing class). If I said something bad about another girl, behind her back, what would that be?
    Little Girl: Please miss, that would be backbiting.
    Teacher: And if I said the same before her face, what would that be?
    Little Girl: "Front biting."
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    Husband: This paper says, "Men are cooler than women."
    Wife: Well perhaps they are, - in this world; but they won't be in the next.
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    Nam was driving the ducks down the road, when Tom came along.
    "Are all these runners?" said Tom,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English