School: Bánóg (roll number 7222)
- Location:
- An Bhánóg, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Riordáin
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- (continued from previous page)How many cuts of a knife does a well pointed scallop want?
Answer: None, because it is already well pointed.Whey does a hen cross the road?
Answer: To get to the opposite side.Why does a hen pick the pot?
Answer: Because she cannot lick it.What goes round the wood, and never goes into the wood?
The bark of a tree.In a field there is a well and in that well there is a cup, and in that cup there is a cup and everyone must taste it.
Answer: Death.Head against tóin and tóin against heel.
Answer: A woman milking a goat.
