School: Teampoll Tuaithe, Teampoll Tuaithe (C.) (roll number 16251)

Location:
Templetouhy, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Ailís Ní Bhuadhacháin
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  1. Q. What gets legs tired he more it is worked?
    A. A bicycle wheel
    Q What can a cat have that no other animal can have?
    A. Kittens
    Q. What smells most in a medicine shop?
    A Your nose
    Q How is a knock at the door like an overcoat?
    A. Because it is an outside (wrap) rap.
    Q. What do people generally drink soup with?
    A Their mouths.
    Q Piggy inside the ditch and Peggy outside the ditch if you go near she will pinch you
    A. A nettle
    Q What could you crack without touching?
    A A joke
    Q. What is the smallest room in the world?
    A A mushroom
    Q. Hairy in and hairy out and hairy into Molly's mouth
    A. A man putting on his sock
    Q If a man had eighty patches on his breeches what time would it be?
    A. Time to get a new one.
    Q. What is the nearest bird to the fire?
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