School: Druim Muc (roll number 12861)
- Location:
- Corderrybane, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: M. Ní Chuinneagáin
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- (continued from previous page)palour?
The sooner out the better.
Spell broken down ditches in three letters?
Gap.
What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night?
A twig.
What goes round the house and round the house with a harrow after it?
A hen and a flock of chickens.
What has a neck, a body, and nothing else?
A bottle.
- I have a wee bird, she became a great size, the man who would buy her would need to be wise! She swims on her belly, for feet she has none, and she is far from her dwelling and seldom at home?
A ship.
King Morocco built a ship and in that ship his(continues on next page)
