School: Kildalkey (C.) (roll number 868)
- Location:
- Cill Dealga, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Máire Nic Dhiarmada
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Two, the dog has paws and the sheep have crubeens. 9. Little Red Nancy sits by the walls, eats all she gets but drinks nothing at all.
A Fire. 10. What is the wettest letter in the alphabet?
"T" because it is always in the middle of water.11. Riddle me riddle me what's that over the head and under the hat.
The hair of your head. 12. The man that made it didn't want it,
the man that wanted it didn't use it, the man that used it never saw it.
A Coffin.13. As round as an apple; as deep as a cup and all the king's horses could not pull it up.
A well14. I have a little house and it would not fit a mouse. It has as many windows as the Lord Mayor's House.
A Thimble.15. Black as ink and white as milk and it hops in the road like hailstones.
A magpie(continues on next page)
