School: Cnoc an Doire (B.) (roll number 2418)
- Location:
- Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Seaghdha
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1. As I went over a bridge one day I saw a boat full of people and there wasn't a single person in it.
Ans. They were all married2. As round as a marble, as flat as a pan, half a woman and half a man.
Ans. A penny3. Which is the biggest key in the world?
Ans. A donkey.4. What are the biggest ants in the world?
Ans. Elephants.5. Why do we go to bed?
Ans. Because the bed wouldn't come to us.6. Grand was a shoemaker that made shoes without leather.
He walloped over and walloped hither.
He walloped here and he walloped there.
And every customer carried two pair.
Ans. A smith putting shoes under a horse.(continues on next page)
