School: Tuar Uaimín (roll number 14537)
- Location:
- Tooromin, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Niocláis
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- (continued from previous page)Where was Moses when the light went out
Ans. In the dark.
What is the hardest thing in the world to get.
Ans. A Second hand coffin.
What is the greatest nonsense in the world.
Ans. Trying to wheel smoke in the wheel barrow.
What is it that arouses most of the world
Ans. An alarm clock.
What is it that God cannot do.
Ans. To make two hills without a hollow.
I haven't it I don't want it and I hate it and if I had it I wouldn't give it for all the money in the world.
Ans. A bald head.
How many cows' tails would reach the sky.
Ans. One if it was long enough
Why does a dog turn around three times before he lies down.
Ans. Because one good turn deserves another
Why do people go to bed?
Ans. Because the bed won't come to them.
Why is a girl compared to a drunkard.
Ans. Because she is fond of the glass.
A white little man with a red little nose the longer he lives the shorter he grows.
Ans. A Candle.
Why does not the clock strike thirteen
Ans. because it has not the face to do so.
