School: Kingsland
- Location:
- Kingsland, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)9) What goes up when the rain comes down.
Ans. An umbrella.
10). Up chip cherry, down chip cherry all the men in Derry would'nt climb chip cherry.
Ans. Smoke.
11). What is it that goes up the ladder with its head downwards.
Ans. A nail in a man's boot.
12). What is half the book like.
Ans. The other half.
13). What is neither inside not outside.
Ans. A window pane.
14) What is the highest part of a cow.
Ans. Her low.
