School: Baile Uí Mhurchadha, Borris
- Location:
- Ballymurphy, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Michael Ó Seachnasaigh
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- What is the shyest thing in the world?
Answer:- a clock, because it always has its hands on its face.
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How many feet have forty sheep, a Shepherd and his dog? Answer:- two feet.
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What is under the fire and over the fire and yet it never touches the fire? Answer:- A cake in a pan.
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Patch upon patch without any stitch?
Answer:- A head of cabbage.
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Little red nancy has a little red nose, the longer she stands the shorter she grows?
Answer-: a candle.
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What wont go up the chimney up nor down the chimney up, but it will go up the chimney down and it will go down the chimney down.?
Answer:- an umbrella.
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What goes up when the rain comes down?
Answer:- An umbrella.
______________________(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymurphy, Co. Carlow