School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Ellen Daly
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    What key is the hardest to turn?
    A Donkey)
    When he sits he stands - almost
    When he walks he flies - almost
    When he sings he cries - almost
    He had got no sense - almost
    He has got no tail almost
    He sits on what he hasn't got - almost-
    What is he?
    A frog
    Get a cake and divide it into four quarters + eat three of them - what time is it?
    A 1/4 to(ate) 8.
    What is it that you can keep after giving it away? Your word.
    If your uncle's sister is not your aunt what is she to you? Your mother
    What is cut on the table and never eaten?
    Playing cards.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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