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School: Ballyfoyle, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 13510)

Location:
Ballyfoyle, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Conaill
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    A pot.
    8. A hundred eyes and no nose?
    A thimble.
    9. What is the stronges animal in the world?
    A snail because it carries its house on its back.
    10. What is it that has a tongue and can't speak?
    A boot.
    11. What is the strangest animal on the farm?
    A pig because he's killed before he's cured.
    12. When is a door not a door?
    When it is ajar.
    13. When is a horse not a horse?
    When he is turned into a field.
    14. Why does a cow look over a ditch?
    Because she could not look under it.
    15. Why does a chicken cross the road?
    To get to the other side.
    16. What part of a cow goes over a ditch first?
    Her breath.
    17. Under the ground, over the ground, and never touching the ground.
    A pipe in a miners pocket.
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