School: Rossbrin, Béal Átha an Dá Chab (roll number 16079)
- Location:
- Rossbrin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Cormac Mac Carrthaigh
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- What goes up when the rain comes down.
An Umbrella.
What will scrape the haggard in three letters.
A Hen
What is the red rover of the world
A Fox
Over the fire and under the fire and never toutches the fire.
A cake in a pot
Black I am and red I will be. Many a man came after me. They broke my back and broke my sides. And carried me over many a mile.
A Sod of turf.
The man that made it. never wore it. The man that wove it. never saw it.
A coffin
When was beef the highest.
When the cow jumped over the moon.
What is always behind time
The back of the clock
What is half the moon like.
The other half.
What is it that goes from Cork to Dublin without ever moving.
The railway line.
What is it that has four legs up. Four legs down. Soft in the middle and hard all round.
A bed.
