School: Knocktopher (roll number 7033)
- Location:
- Derrynahinch, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Éil
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- (continued from previous page)Why is a book like a tree?
Ans. Because it has leaves.When is a horse not a horse?
Ans. When it is turned into a field.What is the best way to keep milk fresh?
Ans. To leave it with the cow.Out of a roomful I cannot take a spoonful?
Ans. smoke.What is the smallest bridge in the world?
Ans. The bridge of your noseHead like a thimble, tail like a rat, you can guess for ever but will never guess that?
Ans. A pipe.What has a heart and never bleeds?
Ans. A head of cabbage.What stick never grows in a wood?
Ans. A candle stick.What is the difference between a hill and a pill?
Ans. A hill is hard to get up and a pill is hard to get downSpell the rogue of the world in three letters?
Ans. a fox.Spell the blackwater in three letters?
Ans. ink.When is money damp?
Ans. it is due (dew) in the morning or missed (mist) at night.What has feathers and stands on four legs?
Ans. A feather bed.It is black and it is white and red all over?
Ans. A newspaper.What is the smallest station on the line?
Ans. Inch.(continues on next page)
