School: Drumrora

Location:
Drumroragh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 401

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  1. What part of the cow comes out of the byre first?
    The breath
    What gets bigger the more you take from it?
    A hole in the ground.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry could not lift it up?
    A well.
    What goes from house to house and never goes into the house?
    A path.
    What goes under the water and over water and never touches the water.
    An egg in a duck.
    What is neither with in or without?
    A window.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    English