School: Ballyheaffy (B.), Baile Dubh (roll number 10387)
- Location:
- Ballyeafy, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 31
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- Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may be guessing forever, but you would not guess that.
Ans. A pipe.How many sides in a bucket?
Ans. Two, inside and outside.Two little sisters dressed in white, got the fever and died last night.
Ans. Two candles burned out last night.Ink, ank, under a bank, ten drawing four.
Ans. A woman milking a cow.What goes up when the rain comes down?
Ans. An umbrella.I have a little house and a mouse wouldn't fit in it and all the men in town could not count all the windows in it.
Ans. A thimble.(continues on next page)
