School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na mBuillí
- Location:
- Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Olivia
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- (continued from previous page)as he gallops he swallows the rope?
A spinning wheel.
Why is a dead ass like Nelson's Pillar ?
Because neither can move.
What is the best key for unlocking the tongue?
Whiskey.
What is the highest building in the world?
A library, because it has thousands and thousands of stories.
Why is the letter "F" like a banana skin?
Because they both make all fall.
What coin is doubled when you take its half?
A half-penny.
What county in Ireland is like a candle nearly burned out?
Wick-low.
What is the shyest thing in the world?
A clock because it always has it's hands on it's face
A man in the garden and four hundred coats on him?
A head of cabbage.
What dead buries the live?
A fire racked
What is the wettest letter in the alphabet?
"T" because it is in the middle of water
If I was in the sun and out of it what would the sun be then?
Sin
Why is a mouse like grass?
Because the cat will eat it(continues on next page)
