School: Teamhair, Áth Treasna
- Location:
- Taur, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Súillleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)What can go through a wall without touching it?
"A Scream"
E. R G.R.O put three letters before it, and the
same three letters after it, what word will you
have. Underground.
Which side of an apple is the left side?
The side which is not eaten.
Little Brown Bessy sits in her stall,
If she got butter, she would eat it all,
If she got meat, she would roar and bawl
If she got water, she would die.
A fire.
The man that made it never wore it, and the
man that wore it never saw it.
A coffin
Your grand ladies, tall and thin.
One going out, and one going in,
And in the turn about the will meet again.
Your knitting needles
If you put a wood turner's sign inside a solicitor's
office, what would it read.
All kinds of twisting and turning done here.
What enlightens the world, although black itself?
Ink.
What kind of a cycle is most seen in Winter.
An icicle.(continues on next page)
