School: Drumconrath (B.) (roll number 16143)
- Location:
- Drumcondra, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Patrick Cassidy
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- (continued from previous page)As I went out my grandfather's gap I met a cock of hay, i tipped it with my walking stick and then it flew away.
Answer= a dandelionWhat is smaller than a midge's mouth?
Answer=the bit that goes into it.What is it that is always moving and never moves out of it's place?
answer=a pig's tailOutside the wood eating within it
Answer= a pig eating out of a troughWhat goes away between two woods and comes home between two waters?
A man fetching water in pailsWith fire and water they burned me,with two irons they turned me and when I was stripped and in my skin they found a hole to put me in
Answer= a potato(continues on next page)