School: Baile Mhic Ealgóid
- Location:
- Ballymacelligott, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Siobhán Ní Riada
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- (continued from previous page)It travels hard night and day, And never earns a penny.
Ans: A letter
'Tis red and 'tis yellow, 'Tis sparable green. The king can't [?] at it, 'Nor either the queen.
Ans: A rainbow
It is round as a marble, and as [?] as a cup. And all the king's horses could not pull it up.
Ans: A well
I have a little house, and a mouse could not live in it And all the men in town count all the [?] in it.
Ans: A Thimble
