School: Cill Thiomáin, Durrus, Bantry (roll number 15989)
- Location:
- Kilcomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Mhathúna
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- (continued from previous page)and his dog. Two feet
56. 20 sheep went in a gap 20 more came after that six and seven twice a eleven three and two how much is that. Five.
57. Little thing, little thing less than a mouse having more windows than a king's house. A thimble
58. Four legs up and four legs down soft in the middle and hard all round. A bed.
59. Look at your hand and you will plainly see that never was or never will be. Ones five fingers was never the same length.
60. A four corner room and a cat in each corner, a sat sitting on each cat's tail and a cat opposite each cat's face how many cats in the room? Four.
61. Round as a marble as flat as a pan half of a woman and the whole of a man. Penny
62. Luke had it before Paul had it behind Mrs Mullins had it twice in the same place The letter L.
63. What is the nearest way from Downs to Dover Take away the D and you'll be over.
64. Why does a cow jump over a ditch. Because she cannot jump under it
65. As I looked out one bright May morning I saw the dead carrying away the living.
A boat carrying away people
66. Why is a flea like a train. Because he runs on sleepers(continues on next page)
