School: Fahan Lower (roll number 14506)
- Location:
- Fahan Lower, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: R. Ó Cléirigh
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- (continued from previous page)What runs but has no legs?
Answer. A river.Black and white went up a hill. Black came down and white lay still?
Answer. A hen and an egg.It is as white as snow, and as black as ind, and it hops on the ground like hailstone?
Answer. A magpie.My name is spelt with letters five,
And I am far from weighty,
Without my head and tail my bulk,
Is multiplied by eight?
Answer. A stone or 14 lbs.Why is a galloping horse like a piece of toffee?
Answer. The more you lick it the faster it goes.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Elizabeth Black
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Muineagh, Co. Donegal