School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)

Location:
Loughatorick South, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhuirgheasa
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    more windows than a kings house. Answer a thimble.
    Black and white and red all over. Answer the news paper.
    Riddle re riddle re such a riddle couldnt be thought of rocks through a reel or through an old spinnig wheel or through a bog or a paper. Answer a moth.
    What is the handlen of a jug. Answer the out side of it.
    A white bird flew from paradise and perched on a high castle wall. Answer the snow.
    If all the trees went for a race which tree would be last. Answer a slow tree.
    Twice in a moment once in a month never in a thousand year. Answer a letter.
    When is the clock the hungery when. Answer when it is going to 8.
    Two ducks before two ducks two ducks behind and two ducks in the middle. Answer two.
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