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School: Borris (B.)

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Borris, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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    Question: Why does cats never fall off the top of St Paul's Cathedral?
    Answer: Because they never climb there?
    Question: What goes up when the rain comes down?
    Answer: An umbrella?
    Question Why does a collector at a railway station punch a hole in your ticket?
    Answer: To let you pass through.
    Question: Which is the right side of a wedding cake?
    Answer: The side that has been eaten because the other side is left?
    Question: What is the difference between a steep hill and a big pill?
    Answer: Because one is hard to get up and the other is hard to get down.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Joyce
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Borris, Co. Carlow