School: Cúl Mín, Inis

Location:: Coolmeen, Co. Clare
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What goes up when rain comes down. (Answer) an umbrella. As round as a marble as flat as a pan half of a woman the other half of a man. (Answer) a penny. As white as milk as black as ink and hops on the road like a ball of hail-stone. (Answer) a magpie.
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My first is in toffee and also in tart. My second's in parcel an also in part. My third and my fourth are in reason you see My fifth and sixth are in sure, you'll agree. When you find that my seventh in rose, you can guess that my eight is in something I want to possess
(Answer) Treasure\
What has no wings but can fly
(Answer) Dust.
Why is a bubble like a bruise.
(Answer) Because both are caused by a blow.
Sixteen legs and cant walk.
(Answer) Eight

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