School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- (1) Little "Boy Blue", he stands in a field
If you lift up his hand, his nose it will bleed.
A Water Pump.(2) It went up the stairs black & white & came down "read" all over.
A newspaper.(3) Why is a cobbler's shop like Purgatory?
Because bad souls go there for repairs.(4) What tree would your hand remind you of?
A Palm tree(5) What is most like a horse-shoe?
A mare's shoe. - (1) How is a plum-pudding like a river?
There are 'currents' in each(2) They are not; they were not & they never will be. Just look at your hand & you will plainly see.
Your fingers are not the same length.- Collector
- Ellie Browne
- Gender
- Female
- (1) As round a an apple
As plump as a ball
Can climb the church
Over steeple & all
The sun.(2) What goes away between two woods & comes home between two waters?
A man fetching water in pails.