School: Clonmacnoise

Location:
Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    What goes up a stairs with its head down?
    (Answer):- A nail in a man's boot.
    Where did Noah strike the first nail?
    (Answer):- On the head.
    What smells most in a Chemist's shop.
    (Answer):- The nose
    What is the biggest wonder in the Continent of Europe.
    (Answer):- That Hungary does not eat Turkey
    What is the difference between a hill and a pill?
    (Answer):- One is hard to get up, and the other is hard to get down.
    London, Derry, Cork and Kerry
    Spell me that without a (K)?
    (Answer):- That
    A house full of people and still not a single person in it. (Answer):- They were all married.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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    English