School: Cill Moibhí (C.) (roll number 13081)
- Location:
- Kilmovee, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)In have an iron horse and every time I work him he swallows down the rope
Ans = A sewing machine.
Slain to be saved with much ado and pain scattered, dispersed and gathered up again. Withered when young, sweet yet unperfumed. Carefully laid up but to be consumed, Ans= Hay.
There was a thing a full month old when Adam was no more, but 'ere that thing was five weeks old, When Adam was five score. Ans = The moon.
Why is the letter "E" like London, Ans= Because it is the capital of England.
In marble walls as white as milk, Lined with a skin as soft as silk, within a fountain crystal clear a golden apple does appear. No doors there are to this stronghold yet thieves break in and steal the gold. Ans = An egg.
What would a diamond become in a basin of water. Ans = Wet.
What is that which goes from Lichfield to Coventry without moving. Ans = The road.
What mans abbreviated christian name beheaded becomes a colour. Ans = Fred.
What celebrated tower beheaded becomes(continues on next page)
