School: Ardnagrath (roll number 5963)
- Location:
- Ardnagragh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: M. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 341
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- (continued from previous page)Answer: The other half.
32 What is the smallest county in the world?
Answer: Cork because it fits in the neck of a bottle.
33 What side of a cup is the handle on?
Answer: The outside.
34 What has a mouth and no tongue
Answer: A river
35 Why is a tree like a dog?
Answer: Because both lose their bark when dead.
36 If I lost one shilling and suddenly found it what would I do?
Answer: Give up looking for it.
37 What is it the more you take from it the bigger it gets?
Answer: A grave.
38 Why is the letter "B" like fire?
Answer: Because it makes oil boil.
39 Cork, and Kerry, London, Derry. Spell me that without an "R"
Answer: That.
40 Why is a sheet of stamps like remote relatives?
Answer: Because they are but slightly connected(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frank Mann
- Gender
- Male
