School: Móta Ghráinne Óige
- Location:
- Woodlawn, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlís Ní Innse
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- (continued from previous page)14 Four little bottles turned down a hill and can never spill?
A cows elder.
15 Long legs short thighs little head and no eyes?
At tongs.
16 The man that made is never wears it the man that wears it never made it?
A coffin.
17 Patches upon patches without any stitches?
A head of cabbage.
18 Under the fire on over the fire and never touches the fire?
A cake in an oven.
19 Why does a cow look over the ditch?
Because she can not look under it.
20 Why does a hen pick a pot?
Because she cannot lick it.
21 Why does a beggar wear a short coat?
Because it will be long enough before he gets another.
22 Black and white and red all over?
A news paper.
23 Black and white went up the hill
Black came down and white stood still?
A hen going to lay an egg.
24 What is shut when it is opened and opened when it is shut?
Railway gates.(continues on next page)