School: Baile Mhic Ealgóid (2)
- Location:
- Ballymacelligott, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Sarah Blennerhassett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0444, Page 029
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- 1. Wood feeds me, water kills me what am I? Ans. a fire.
2. Thirty-two white cows and a red cow among them
Ans. One's teeth and tongue
3. Black and white and read all over
Ans. A newspaper
4. It goes around the house all day and it sleeps in a corner by night
Ans. A brush.
5.What is in the car, and is no good to the car, and the car cannot go without it?
Ans. Noise
6. A hard-working man, and a lazy old woman, and twelve little children as black as the hob.
Ans. A clock.(continues on next page)
