School: Ladhar (C.), Bán-Tír (roll number 8665)
- Location:
- Lyre, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Chéilleachair
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When is a blind not a blind?
Ans. When it is down.
- I
A white goose without a wing went up in a tree without a limb, a fox without a head came and ate it without a mouth.
Ans. Snow
II
What is in a train that is of no use and still can't go without it
Ans. Noise
III
I went up the road and down the road and I carried the road to my own abode on my back
Ans = a ladder
VI
A lump of suit at a tree's rood and not a single bone goes through it
Ans = a snail
V
What small animal becomes big by being be-headed
Ans= Fox ox
VI
A duck behind two ducks a duck before two ducks a duck in the middle between two ducks how many ducks altogether
Ans= Three - Collector
- Cáit Ní Chonchúbhair
- Gender
- Female
