School: Killygordon (roll number 11585)
- Location:
- Killygordon, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. Eibhlín Ní Loinsigh
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- (continued from previous page)All the men in Derry couldn't climb chip, chip, cherry?
Ans. The smoke.
9. As I went over the hill, I met my uncle Davie. I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left him lying easy.
Ans. A bottle of whiskey.
10. What goes round the wood and round the wood but never goes into the wood?
Ans. The bark of a tree.
11. What goes away above the ground and returns under it?
Ans. A man carrying sods on his head.
12 Long legs, short thighs, little head and no eyes.
Ans. The tongs
13. Twelve little children as black as a pan. A lazy old woman and a hard working man.
Ans. face of a clock.
14. What goes round the house with a harrow after it?
Ans A hen with a flock of birds after her.
15. Four wee sisters, and one couldn't(continues on next page)
