School: Carrigbyrne (roll number 4479)
- Location:
- Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire Cuirtéis
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- 1. What is always behind time?
Ans. The back of a clock.
2. What is the shyest thing in a house?
Ans. A clock because it has its hands on its face.
3. What is the difference between a hill and a pill?
Ans. It is hard to get up a hill and it is hard to get down a pill.
4. What is the difference between a tree and an aeroplane?
Ans. One sheds its leaves and the other leaves its sheds.
5. What is the longest word in the English language?
Ans. Smiles because there is a mile between the first and last letter.
6. What part of a fish is like the end of a book?
Ans. The fin is.
7. What are the three most energetic(continues on next page)
