School: Castletownconyers, Ráthluirc (roll number 14077)
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Seán Ó Brosnacháin
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- (continued from previous page)before tonight. Answer, pen, ink and paper.
(10) Why do the hen peg the pot. Answer, for she can't lick it.
(11) Full all day and empty by night. Anser, your boots.
(12) What goes out before the cow when she is going out the gap. Answer, her breath.
(13) Why does a cow look over the ditch. Answer, because she cannot look under it.
(14) Cork and Kerry, Londonderry, spell me that without a K. Answer, that.
(15) What is the thing that goes around (around) the World with their heads turned down. Answer, nails of a man shoe. What is
(16) the thing that grows larger the more you take from it. Answer, a grave.
(17) I have a little cow, and she stands by the wall, when I rise her tail her nose will bleed. Answer, a pump.
(18) I have a little cow, and she stands by the wall she would eat all she get and drink nothing at all. Answer, a fire.
(19) Patch upon patch without any stitches. Answer, leaves on a head of cabbaages.
