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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh

Location:
Ballylosky, Co. Donegal
Teachers:
An tSr. A. Nic Fhionnlaoich An tSr. M. Beinín
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    What has teeth and cannot bite? A comb.
    What has legs and cannot walk? A pot.
    What always walks with its head down? A nail in a man's boot.
    If I got sixpence for walking a mile what would I get for walking a hundred miles? Sore feet.
    What two letters are bad for your teeth? D. K.
    What has six eyes and cannot see? Three blind mice.
    Why does a bull look over a hill? Because he cannot look through.
    Why is there so little honey in Belfast? because there is only one "B" in it.
    What goes round the house and lays an egg in every corner? Hailstones.
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball it can climb the church over, steeple and all? The sun.
    What has eyes and cannot see it is a friend to you and me? A potato.
    What has four legs and cannot walk? A table.
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