School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0122, Page 296
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1. As deep down in the earth is the place of my birth. I am as black as the night but your homes I make bright.
Ans-coal
2. As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in the world could not lift it up? Ans - a well
3. What is it that is black and white and read all over? Ans - newspaper
4. Why is the letter T like an island?
Ans - because it is in the middle of the water
5. Under the water and over the water and never touches the water?
Ans - an egg in a duck
6. What is it that God can't see but man can?
Ans - God can't see his own equals but man can
7. Running in the ditches tripping in thorns like a gray heifer without horns?
Ans - a horse
8. Which burns longer the green or red(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Nestor
- Gender
- Female
