School: Clonmacnoise

Location:
Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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    What is it that is not in or out?
    (Answer) A window
    What insect does the blacksmith make
    (Answer) The fire-fly
    Why is there not such a thing as one while day?
    (Answer) Ever days begins by breaking
    The fiddler and his wife, and the piper and his mother. How would you divide three whole cakes between them, and have no broken bread.
    (Answer) The fiddler's wife was the piper's mother, so each got a cake.
    Pray tell me this answer I beg,
    It has a broad foot, but no sign of a leg
    (Answer) A hill.
    Why is a (full moon) half moon heavier than a full moon.
    (Answer) Because a full moon is lighter than a half moon.
    I, am neither beast nor fowl although I
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