School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)

Location:: Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
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Why does a hen cross the road? To get to the other side. As round as an apple as flat as a pan the whole of a woman, and the half of a man? A penny. Ink ank under a bank ten drawing four? A person milking a cow. A white man died and buried in a yellow coffin? A banana. If it takes a yard and a half to make a coat what will it take to make a trousers? A Tailor.
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What stays in the corner all night and works all day?
A brush.
What goes under the water and over the water and still never touches the water?
An egg in a ducks stomach.
What part of the cow goes out

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