School: Kilcornan (roll number 2911)
- Location:
- Moig East Glebe, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Maidín
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- (continued from previous page)6. As round as an apple, as deep as a cup and all the King's horses could not pull it up.
A well.7. What goes up when the rain comes down.
An umbrella.8. What goes up stairs with its head downwards.
The nails of your boots.9. Spell mouse-trap in three letters.
Cat.10. It is three feet and has no feet at all.
A yard.11. 'Tis in 'tis out 'tis like a trout 'tis slippery wet and greasy.
Your tongue.12. Why is an ass like a stick of candy.
The more you lick it the more it will go.13. It goes under the water, it goes over the water and it never touches the water.
A duck laying an egg.(continues on next page)
