School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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- 6 Q What is it that flies high, flies low, has no feet, yet wears shoesA. Dust.
7 Q What grows less tired the more it is worked?A. A spinning wheel.
8 Q What is that is often put on the table, cut, and passed round,A. What is that which has form without substance and [?] but not eatenWithout weight9 Q What is it flies high, flies low, wears shoes and has none?A A foot-ball10 Q What would you put into a barrel to make it light? A holes
Headed like a thimble
Tailed like a rat
You may guess for ever
But you'll never guess that
S. The.A. pipe - What time would it be if the clock struck thirteen?
Time to put it right. What day of the week is the strongest?
Sunday.- Collector
- Seán Sharkey
- Gender
- Male