School: Cnoc an Doire (B.) (roll number 2418)
- Location:
- Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Seaghdha
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50. As I went out banging I saw three men hanging. I ate their flesh and left their bones hanging.
Ans. Three haws.
51. Once in a minute and twice in a moment and never once in a thousand years.
Ans. The letter M.
52. Upon the tree a little man red, a stone in his belly and and a cap on his head.
Ans. A haw.
53. Why is the letter K like a pig's tail?
Ans. Because it is at the end of pork.54. What kind of wig can no hairdresser make?
Ans. An earwig.
55. I have a little man in the middle of a field when I pull his leg his nose will bleed.
Ans. A water-pump.
56. Two black men and one white man went out motoring. The two black men ate the white one, what was the number of the car?
Ans. 281
57. The more you take out of it the bigger it gets.
Ans. A hole.
58. How many feathers in goose?
There is no one in her; they are all on her.
