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School: Cnoc na Sná (B.), Mainistir na Féile (roll number 12368)

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Knocknasna, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Dáithí Ó Conchobhair
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    14 What kind of tea makes ones head the lightest?
    Insanity.
    15 What is the difference between sixteen ounces of tea and a girl using a typewriter? One weighs a pound and the other pounds away.
    16 Why was Adam a good runner? Because he was the first in the human race.
    17 Why is a policeman like an aeroplane?
    They both take people up.
    18 What is the difference between a bankrupt and a feather bed? One is hard up and the other is soft down.
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    19 What comes twice in a moment, once in a month and never in a thousand years?
    The letter m.
    20 What turns without moving?
    Milk
    21 'Tis black, 'tis white and 'tis read all over?
    A newspaper.
    22 Why is the letter I the happiest of all letters?
    Because 'tis in the middle of bliss.
    23 What can you fill a barrel with and still can't make it heavier? Holes.
    24 What goes from Cork to Dublin without moving?
    The road.
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