School: Rosenallis (roll number 5442)
- Location:
- Rosenallis, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Mrs L. Dagg
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- (continued from previous page)There is a wall around it, There is a cross on the top of the wall.There are steps going down to it.
- In comes four legs, picks up one leg, Up gets two legs picks up three legs,pegs three legs at four legs takes back one leg, and runs away four legs.(Ans, A boy in a butcher's shop picked up a leg of mutton.The butcher pegged a three legged stool at the dog. He drops the leg of mutton and runs away.)
Why is the middle of a tree like a dog's tail? (Because it is the farthest from the bark.)
What walks with its head down? (A nail in your boot.)- Collector
- Jojo Dagg
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