School: Foxrock (St Brigid's)
- Location:
- Foxrock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: S. Ní Mhaolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0799, Page 5
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- (continued from previous page)32. Twenty sheep upon a gap,
Twenty more along with that.
Six, seven, ten eleven, three and two
How many is that?Five33. Where did the cock crow that all the world heard him?In Noah's Ark34. Where was Moses when the lamp went out?In the dark.35. What's full and holds more?A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.36. One half dead the half living and a tail wagging.A dog with his head in a pot.37. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood?The bark of the tree.38. Ink, Ank, under the bank
Then drawing four.Woman milking the cow.39. It is nearer to me than it is to you, I see it, yet you don't.(continues on next page)
