School: Doire Gualann (roll number 14979)

Location:
Derrygoolin North, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Tórpaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0051, Page 0332

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    17. Kitty inside the ditch, Kitty outside the ditch and if you go near Kitty she'll bite you
    Answer: - a nettle.
    18. What is that which is dead in the middle and alive at both ends?
    Answer: - A man ploughing.
    19. What is it that goes all round the floor and stops at the door?
    Answer: - The sweeping brush.
    20. What drinks all it gets and eats none atall.
    Answer - a lamp.
    21. What is it that eats all it gets and drinks none atall?
    Answer - A fire.
    A circle around the moon and the farther out it is from it the nearer we are to the storm.
    To see a dog eating grass.
    To see a cat scraping the ground and Stretching himself.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    English