School: Cluain Cátha (roll number 2243)
- Location:
- Cloncaw, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Hanluain
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- (continued from previous page)7. long legs - crooked thighs Wee head and no eyes - Ans. The tongs
8 I have a little house and it wouldn't hold a mouse: yet it has as many windows as the king's house
Ans- A thimble
9. What goes round the house and round the house and a harrow after it.
Ans. A hen and flock of chickens
10 Why does a hen pick a pot
Ans Because she can't lick it.
11 What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night.
Ans. The Besom
12. What eats in the wood and stays outside it? Ans. A pig eating from trough.
13. One fine morning in the middle of the night Two dead men got up to fight. Two blind men stood looking on; Two cripples ran for the police and two dumbies shouted carry on
Ans. A d- lie.
14 One fine morning in the middle of the night
Two blind men got up to fight
One says to the other wait for a bit of light(continues on next page)
