School: Móta Ghráinne Óige
- Location:
- Woodlawn, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlís Ní Innse
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- (continued from previous page)4. What is the most dangerous weather to be out in?
When it's raining pitch forks.5. Enough for one two much for two, and nothing for three, takes one to make and two to keep?
A secret.6. when is a window like a star?
When it is a skylight.7. What is that which you cannot hold ten minuts although it is as light as a feather?
Your breath.8. When is a baby like a cup and saucer?
When it's teething.9. How many cuts does a well pointed scallop want?
No one.10. What is the shyest thing in the world?
The clock.11. What walks on the water without feet?
A ship.12. A little white man the longer he lives the shorter he grows?
A candle.13. Headed like a timbel tailed like a rat?
A pipe.(continues on next page)
