School: Caisleán Nua (C) (roll number 15772)

Location:
Newcastle, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Staic
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    Up the road and down the road and I carried the road on my back.?
    A Ladder.
    I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in the world would not count all the windows that is in it.?
    A thimble.
    What part of a cow goes into the wood first.?
    Her breath.
    Tis black and 'tis white and 'tis read all over.
    A paper.
    What has eyes and cannot see.?
    A needle.
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