School: Móta Ghráinne Óige
- Location:
- Woodlawn, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlís Ní Innse
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- (continued from previous page)45. What is it that you have it and I haven't it and I make more use of it than you that has it?
Your name.46. My father gave me seed to sow, the seed was black and the ground was white?
Ink and paper.47. Why is the letter 'b' like a fire?
Because it makes oil boil.48. What was the first thing Adam planted in the garden?
His feet in the mud.49. Why is life like the greatest of all things?
Because we must all give it up.50. What is the shyest thing in the world?
A clock because it always has its hands up to its face.51. What walks on the sea without feet?
The ship.52. As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the Church over steeple and all?
The Sun.53. How may cows' tails would reach the moon.
One if it was long enough54. If a blacksmiths anvil, sledge, and hammer, costs £5 " 5S " 0D what will a bushel of coal come to?(continues on next page)
