School: Cnoc Machan, Bun Machan
- Location:
- Ballynasissala, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Fhaoláin; Bríd Ní Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0650, Page 6
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On this page
- 1 What stick doesnt grow
Answer A candle stick
2 What smokes and cant chew
Answer Chimney
3 Four full bottles gang up a hill none of them corked and never spill
Answer A cow going up a hill
- Collector
- Seumas de Paor
- Gender
- Male
- It is white as snow and it isnt snow.
It is as green as grass and it isnt grass.
It is red as blood and it isnt blood.
It is black as soot and it isnt soot.
What is it?
A blackberry.
