School: Coiscéim (C.), Átha Treasna (roll number 10079)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Bean Uí Nialláin
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- (continued from previous page)9 What walks on its head? The nail of your shoe.10 I have a little turkey his name is Jeep teek
He goes under the water so deep so deep.
He goes over the mountains so high and so high
My poor little turkey is blind in one eye.11 Why did the car look over the ditch? Because she could not look under it12 Why does a donkey cross the road? To get to the other side.13 What is most like a cat looking out the window?
Another cat looking in.
14 Which is a white hen or a black hen the best?
The black hen because she can lay white eggs and the white hen cannot lay black eggs.
15 Which is it the white goose or the grey goose is the gander? Neither, both are geese.16 If your uncle's sister is not your aunt what is she to you?
Your mother.
17 Fur in, fur out and fur in his mouth? A cat eating a mouse.18 What goes up when the rain comes down?
An umbrella.(continues on next page)
