School: Cloonagh Boys' National School
- Location:
- Coolrawer, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: P. O Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0162
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12 How many beaks does a hen strick on her dinner before she has enough eaten. Answer.one.
13 Where was moses when the light went out? Answer in the darkness
14 What is it that us all have seen and will never see it again? Answer yesterday.
15 Dink donk under the bank ten drawing four. Answer.milking a cow.
16 Black and white and red all over. Answer a newspaper.
17 Flies high lies low wears shoes but has none. Answer a football.
18 What king wears the biggest crown? Answer. the king with the biggest head.
19 Its not inside or outside and its under the roof of the house. Answer. A window.
20 Its under fire and over fire and its not in the fire at all. Answer a cake in an oven.
21 What goes up when the rain comes down. Answer an umbrella
- Collector
- Phillip Cawley
- Gender
- Male
