School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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- (continued from previous page)(35) Two ducks behind a duck, two. ducks before a duck and a duck in the middle how many ducks Ans Three ducks.
(36) What shoemaker makes shoes without leather four elements put together, fire, water, earth, and air and every customer takes two pair. Ans A blacksmith
(37) Middy Moddy round body, three feet and a wooden (iron) hat. Ans A pot
(38) Half dead and the other living and its tail wagging. Ans A dog with his head in a pot
(39) What is black and white at times
Ans The black bord
(40) There is a little red thing that grows on a tree, two saw it, five plucked it twelve ate it and one enjoyed it Ans An apple.
(41) A piece of wood and a piece of wire a wooden house without a fire
Ans. An umbrella.
(42) It comes in in a bag and goes out in dust. Ans - Turf
(43) What goes away between two woods and comes home between two waters
Ans. A man fetching water in pails
(44) It goes round the wood and round the wood and it never goes into the wood(continues on next page)
