School: Glin (C.) (roll number 3232)
- Location:
- An Gleann, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Cárthaigh
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try to avoid?
Hardship
23. What is the longest word in the English language?
Smiles, a mile between two "ss"
24. Two "nn", two "oo" an "l" and a "d" put them together and spell them for me.
London
Nellie Fitzgerald
The Mall
Glin
Co. Limerick1. I have a little sister
she sits on a wall
she drinks all she gets
but eats nothing at all
A lamp
2. What grows down instead of u?
A cow's tail.
3. What is it the longer it lives the shorter it grows?
A candle
4. If I built a house from this to Donegal what height would it be?
The height of nonsense - Riddles.1. I have a little sister
She sits on a wall
She drinks all she gets
But eats nothing at allA lamp
2. What grows down instead of u?A cow's tail.
3. What is it the longer it lives the shorter it grows?A candle
4. If I built a house from this to Donegal what height would it be?The height of nonsense(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Choileáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Gleann, Co. Luimnigh