School: Corra-bheagáin (roll number 12206)
- Location:
- Corraveggaun West, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Congamhna
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- 1 What is it that is full of holes yet holds water. and. "sponges"
2 What enlightens the world although it is black a. ans. "Ink"
3 It grows in the wood and sounds in the town. ans. "a fiddle"
4 What is the difference between a very wet day and a lion distracted with toothache. ans. "one is pouring with rain and the other is roaring with pain."
5 Why is a railway time-table like life. ans. "because it is full of ups and down."
6 Its black and its white and its read all over. ans. "a book"
7 What is it that grows large the more you take from it. ans. "a hole in the ground".
8 How many cow's tails would reach the moon. ans. "one of it was long enough"
9 A room full, a kitchen full and would not fill a spoon full. ans. "smoke"(continues on next page)
