School: Conahy (roll number 14364)
- Location:
- Connahy, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Ciarán Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 412
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Says a girl to his father. "How does it happen that are my father and I am not your son."
A. It was a girl.Q. As round as an marble, as flat as a pan, half of a woman and all of a man.
A. A penny.Q. Eight arms, no head, a wooden leg and cannot stand. A dress of silk, and a belt in the middle now can you guess this riddl
A An umberella.Q. What goes along the water and yet never touches it
A. A shadowQ. As I went over Kenny Steeple.
I met three living pople
The weren't men, women, or children
Yet they were living people. What were they?
A. A man. a woman, and a child.Q. What is the centre of gravity
A. The letter "v"(continues on next page)
