School: Naomh Féichín, Mainistir
- Location:
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan De Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0166
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- 1. Good-morrow sir, and your wife behind you, she is not my wife nor never will be, for her father's father was a father to me.
ans= (His Daughter )
2. What does in and out, and never goes out the door
ans= (A crane.)
3. A little Kerry cow lying by the wall she drinks all she gets and eats none at all
ans= (A Lamp.)
4. Out of a roomful you couldn't take a spoonful.
ans= (Smoke)
5. What is always walking with its head down
(Ans= A nail in your foot.)
6. What goes around the wood, and round the wood, and never gets into the wood
ans= A bark of tree
7. A little Kerry cow lying by the wall she eats all she gets and drinks none at all.
ans= The fire.
8. What goes around the world and round the world and sits in the corner
ans= A stamp in a letter
9. Here I am and far I see, a little house(continues on next page)
