School: Cor na Gaoithe (roll number 7495)
- Location:
- Cornageeha, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fhloinn
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- Why is a King like a book
Ans. Because he has a lot of pages
What part of a fish is an instrument for weighing.
Ans. Scale.
What is the biggest wonder in Europe.
Ans - That Hungary does not eat Turkey.
What animal imporves after death.
Ans A pig because it gets curedWhat part of a (if of) fish makes good reading
Ans Taile (Tale)
What two letters are the worse for your teeth.
Ans - D K (decay)
As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Derry wouldn't dig it up.
Ans - Well.
Black and White and Red(continues on next page)
