School: Tervoe (C.) (roll number 5932)
- Location:
- Tervoe, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire Ní Stiopháin
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- (continued from previous page)36. A man went into a shop one day. He asked the shopkeeper "Who's picture is that hanging on the wall?" The shopkeeper replied "Brothers or sisters I have none but that man's father was my father's son."? The shopkeeper's son.
37.
What has a tongue but cannot utter a sound?
Your boot.
38. What is the first thing you would do if you fell into the sea? Get wet.
39.
Why is a person's ankle between his knee and his foot? Because it keeps the calf
away from the corn.
40. What goes up when the rain comes down?
An umbrella.
41. A little red man standing by the wall if you touch his hand his nose will bleed?
Pump.
42. As I looked out my "gags" window I saw the dead carrying the live? A ship.
43. Twenty four white cows standing in a hall Out comes a red one and licks them all? Teeth's tongue.
44. Why does an ass eat thistles? Because he's an ass.
45. What goes round the house all day and sleeps in the corner? The Sweeping brush.
