School: Newtown (roll number 3275)
- Location:
- Creevagh, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Conbháidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 267
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A naughty thing, a thorny thing, a grand suit of green the bishop could not wear it neither could the queen? Holly.
What turns but never moves? Milk.
What fish never lives in water? Selfish.
A little wood a little wire a little house and no fire? A cage.
What is it that gets bigger the more you take from it? A grave.
A hard working father, an easy going mother, twelve little children as black as another? A clock
I had a little house it would not hold a mouse and it had as many windows as the lord-mayor's house? A thimble.
What is the shyest thing in the house. Why? A clock because it(continues on next page)
