School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 210
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- (continued from previous page)guess that - a pipe.
63. The loudest thing in a wood - the lowing of a cow.
64. I met my Aunt Rose, she had an iron nose and crooked toes, and my word, she frightened the crows - a gun.
65. Twenty sheep went out a gap, twenty more followed that, shepherd and his dog, how many feet were that? Two.
66. Twenty sick (six) sheep went out a gap, one died, how many were left?
Nineteen.
67. What goes in black and comes out white? Tea.
68. I see it and you don't(continues on next page)
