School: Moyvore
- Location:
- Moyvore, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Kelly
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- 1. A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire? A cage.
2. Under the fire and over the fire, and never touches the fire? A cake in an oven.
3. A hard-working father, a wee lazy mother, twelve little children all like each other? The face and hands of a clock.
4. What is it that has a pane and is never sick? A pane of glass in a window.
5. What is it that has an eye and cannot see? A needle.
6. What is the difference between a yard and two yards? A fence.
7. I threw it up white and it came down like melted gold? An egg.
8. What grows in the wood, and sounds in the town, and earned his master many a pound? A fiddle.
9. What goes round the world and round the world and is always in a corner? A stamp.
10. What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night? A brush.
11. I have a little house, and it would not fit a mouse, and it has as many windows as(continues on next page)
