School: Carlingford (B.)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: C. Ó Blunaigh
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- Contributed by Patk. Kearney, Chapel Hill.1. Why is a shoemaker like a dying man?
Ans. Because he is near his last.2. The man that makes it doesn't want it.
The man that buys it doesn't need it.
The man that wants it cannot see it.
Answer: A coffin.3. What kind of clock is it that is right only twice a day?
Ans. A clock that is stopped.4. Why is twice ten the same as twice eleven?
Ans. Because twice ten is twenty and twice eleven is twenty two (twenty too).5. How many eyes, ears, wings and claws have thirty dozen jackdaws?
Answer: two of each.6. A man with a goose, a fox and a sheaf of corn came to a river one time. They had to get across in a little boat which would only hold the man, and one of the other three. If the goose and the sheaf of corn were together, the goose would eat the corn. And if the goose and fox were left together, the fox would eat the goose. How did he get them across.
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- Patrick Kearney
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