School: Caimthír (Camphire), Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 15129)

Location:
Camphire, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Nóra Bean Uí Chradóig
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  1. What goes up when the rain comes down?
    An umbrella.
    I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it, all the men in Cork could not count all the windows in it?
    A thimble.
    A red head and a white leg?
    A match.
    As black as soot, as white as milk and it hops on the road like a hailstone?
    A magpie.
    Long legs, crooked thighs, short head and no eyes?
    A tongs.
    What always walks with its head down?
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