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School: Tobar Pádraig (roll number 4764)

Location:
Patrickswell, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Anraoi Ó Broin
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    Riddles.
    Q. What has an eye, but can't
    see?
    A. A needle.
    Q. What has a foot, but no toe or
    heel?
    A. A hill.
    Q. Why is the letter "T" like Easter
    A. Because it comes at the end of lent.
    Q. Why are old stockings like mice?
    A. Because they quickly run into
    holes.
    Q. There was a little round house
    and it is full of meat, but has no
    door or windows to let me in to
    eat?
    A. An egg.
    Q. Why is the letter 'K' like a pig's tail.
    A. Because it comes at the end of pork.
    Q. What has four legs and flies?
    A. Two birds.
    Q. What key is a poisonous one?
    A. Whiskey.
    Q. Where was Moses when the light went out?
    A. In the dark.
    Q. What has three feet, but can't
    walk?
    A. A yard.
    Q. Why is a clock bashful?
    A. Because it always has its hands
    before its face.
    Q. What is it always walks with its
    head down?
    A. A nail in your boot.
    Q. Which has the more upper
    teeth, a cow or a horse?
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