School: Bánóg (roll number 7222)
- Location:
- An Bhánóg, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Riordáin
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A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire?
Answer - A cage.What goes up (with) when the rain comes down?
Answer - An umbrella.What is taken to the table, cut, and yet never eaten?
Answer - A deck of cards.As black as ink, as white as milk, and hops on the road like hailstone
Answer - A magpieThere is a little man in the middle of the filed, if you lift his hand his nose will bleed?
Answer: A pumpFour men - great and tall , - the same employment they have all, one going in, the other going out, the four men go round about?
Answer - Four knitting needles.(continues on next page)