School: Cohaw (B)

Location:
Cohaw, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Woods
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  1. 1. What is full of holes and yet holds up water? A sponge or a crook.
    2. What is most like a cat's tail? A kitten's. 3, What is that which a cat has and no other animal? Kittens
    4. Alive in the front dead in the middle created behind and tell me the riddle? A man ploughing.
    5. What stands outside the wood and eats inside from one end to the other? A Pig eating its meat.
    5. Why do ladies love the moon?
    because there is a man in it.
    6. Londonderry, Co
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