School: Scoil na mBráthar Sligeach
- Location:
- Sligo, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: An Br. C. Ó Maoil Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0161, Page 123
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- (continued from previous page)What flies high, flies low, has no legs but wears boots.
A football.
What travels from Sligo to Dublin without moving.
The road.
If I built a house from here to Cork what height would it be?
The height of nonsense.
What goes round the house and round the house and then stands outside the back door.
A broom.
What is it that is black and white and red all over.
A newspaper.
What is it that has four legs and still only one foot.
A bed
As round as a cup as white as milk as red as blood and as sweet as honey
An Apple.
As I went out the windy gap I met my uncle davey. I cut off his head sucked his blood and left him lying easy.
A blackberry.(continues on next page)
