School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. Emerentia
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What is the shiest thing in the world?
Answer: A clock, because it keeps its hands to its face.
What part of a fish is used for weighing?
Answer. The scales.
One fine day in the middle of the night, two dead men got up to fight, two blind men stood looking on, two dummies ran for the doctor?
Answer: A lie.
Why is a train compared with a blanket?
Answer: Because it goes over sleepers.
Why is Cork a small county?
Because it can fit into a bottle.
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