School: Iorball Sionnaigh (roll number 16923)
- Location:
- Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac Cionnaith
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Wee Neddy Noddy two heads on one body?....a spool.
What is the smallest bridge in the world?......the bridge of your nose.
What is as white as snow,but not snow.As black as ink but not ink and hops on the road like hailstones?....a magpie.
If a motorcar ran over a dog what would stop a wagon (a wagging)?....Its tail.
Long legs crooked thighs wee head and no eyes?.......a pair of tongs.
As I went over Cairn Hill,Cairn Hill was creaking,four and twenty wee things tearing up the nation?.....a harrow.
What is full but will hold more?
