School: Gráig (2) (roll number 3402)
- Location:
- Graigueadrisly, Co. Laois
- Teacher: M. Ní Laighean
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- Why should we never tell secrets in the corn field?
A: Because there are so many ears in it.
Q: Why is a cobblers shop like hell?
A: Because there are so many bad soles in it.
Q:As I went out in a slippery slobbery gap I met my Auntie Mary she had iron toes a timber nose and on my word she would frighten the crows.
A; A gun.
Q; As I looked out through a window I saw ten drawing four.
A; A woman milking a cow.
Q; What tree bears most fruit to the market?
A; An axle tree.
Q; What is the shiest thing in the world?
A; A clock.(continues on next page)