School: Gleanntán
- Location:
- Glounthaune, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Daghnáin
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- 13.
What part of a cart goes into town first? Answer: The noise
Up the road and down the road and carried the road on my back.
Answer? A ladder.
14.
Where was the first nail struck?
Answer? On the head.
15.
What should you do before coming down steps. Answer: Go up first.
I see it but you dont and it is nearer to you than to me.
Answer: The poll of your head.
16.
As high as a wall as white as milk, as red as blood and as sweet as honey. Answer: An apple
17.
What turns without moving? Answer. Milk
What walks with his head down?
Answer: The nail in your boot.
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Fhiannachta
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killacloyne, Co. Cork
- 18.
Why is a black hen more clever than a white hen? Answer = Because a black hen lays a white eggs and a white hen cannot lay a black egg.(continues on next page)
