School: Béal Átha (Bella) (roll number 10334)
- Location:
- Bella, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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- (continued from previous page)89. I have a roomful and cannot take a spoonful?
Ans:- Smoke.
90. What is the difference between a blind man and a sailor in prison.
Ans- One cannot see to go and the other cannot go to sea.
91. As I looked out my Grandfather's window I saw the dead carrying the live.
Ans:- A train.
92. Twenty sick (six) sheep went out a gap. One died how may came back?
Ans:- Nineteen.
93. I have a little knife, its as sharp as a lance and if you were on top of it, it would carry you to France.
Ans:- The Moon.
94. Where was the first candle lighted?
Ans:- At the top of the wick.
95. Where was the last nail struck?
Ans:- I wasn't struck at all yet.
96. When does a farmer bend sheep without hurting them?
Ans:- When he puts them in folds.
97. When does a chair hate you?
Ans:- When it can't bear you.
98. What sign is it when you hear the cuckoo?
Ans:- That you are not deaf.
99. Said a child to its father how is it that you are my father and I'm not your son?
Ans:- A daughter.(continues on next page)