School: Béal Átha (Bella) (roll number 10334)

Location:
Bella, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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    89. I have a roomful and cannot take a spoonful?
    Ans:- Smoke.
    90. What is the difference between a blind man and a sailor in prison.
    Ans- One cannot see to go and the other cannot go to sea.
    91. As I looked out my Grandfather's window I saw the dead carrying the live.
    Ans:- A train.
    92. Twenty sick (six) sheep went out a gap. One died how may came back?
    Ans:- Nineteen.
    93. I have a little knife, its as sharp as a lance and if you were on top of it, it would carry you to France.
    Ans:- The Moon.
    94. Where was the first candle lighted?
    Ans:- At the top of the wick.
    95. Where was the last nail struck?
    Ans:- I wasn't struck at all yet.
    96. When does a farmer bend sheep without hurting them?
    Ans:- When he puts them in folds.
    97. When does a chair hate you?
    Ans:- When it can't bear you.
    98. What sign is it when you hear the cuckoo?
    Ans:- That you are not deaf.
    99. Said a child to its father how is it that you are my father and I'm not your son?
    Ans:- A daughter.
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