School: Teach Mhic Conaill (roll number 15614)
- Location:
- Taghmaconnell, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ó Tuathaig
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- 1. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess forever, but you won't guess that. Answer: a Pipe2. Lazy old woman, hard working man, and twelve little children, all the one clan. Answer: a Clock3. Little red Nancy, little red nose, that's the longer she lives, the shorter she grows. Answer: a Candle4. What is the difference between a match and a clock? Answer: a match has a head and no face, a clock has a face and no head.5. It went upstairs black and white and came down red (read) all over. Answer: a Newspaper6. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one half a woman and the other a man. Answer: a Penny7. What goes up the chimney down, but won't go down the chimney up. Answer: an Umbrella8. What is half the moon like. Answer: the other half