School: Robertstown, Naas (roll number 15655)

Location:
Robertstown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
P. Ó Harachtáin
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    10. What is the difference between a rich man's bed and a poor man's bed?
    A rich man has a canopy over his head and a poor man has a canopy under his bed.
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  2. 1. What part of a horse goes into the wood first?
    2. His breath.
    3.Why does a cow look over the ditch?
    4. Because she can't look under it.
    5. Why does an ass ate thistles?
    6. Because he is an ass.
    7. When is a lamp in bad temper?
    8. When it is put out.
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