School: Kilbeggan (B.)
- Location:
- Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Mac Siúrtáin
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Q:- Four Legs up, four legs down, (ha) soft in middle + hard all round. Ans A Bed.
Q:- A little red cow tied to the wall and would eat all the coal from this to Donegal. Ans A Fire.
Q:- What has a head and no face. Ans A Match
Q:- Which house is never dark. Ans A Lighthouse.
Q:- A little man in a field pull his nose and he'll bleed. Ans A Pump.
Q:- Black and white and read (pr red) all over.
Ans A Paper
Q:- What is the difference between a tree and an aeroplane. Ans One shed its leaves and the other leaves its shed.
Q:- What has three feet and cannot walk.
Ans A yard
Q:-What has four legs and one foot. Ans. Bed
Q:- If May West fell from Nelson's Pillar what time of the year would it be. Ans End of May.
Q:- What small animal when beheaded will give you a bigger one. Ans A Fox
Q:- Fire in the wood and no smoke Ans Lightning
Q:- Why is a fish monger always greedy(continues on next page)