School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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- (continued from previous page)The wind that is in it.
29. How many sides has a circle? Two.
30. What did the blind man do when his dog died?
Did without him.
31. What goes under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire?
A cake in an oven.
32. Why does a hen have tidy feathers?
Because she always carries a comb.
33. What tables do we all eat? Vegetables.
34. There was a well, and in the well there was a cup, and in the cup there was a sup and everyone must taste it--Death.
35. As round as an apple, as(continues on next page)
