School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)
- Location:
- Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Mrs Anna Ewing
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- (continued from previous page)9. It won't go down the chimney up, but it will go up the chimney down? An umbrella.
10. If a tongs, a poker, + a shovel come to a pound, what would a ton of coal come to? Ashes.
11. I have a grey goose, she is of a great size, those who would want her would need to be wise. She has feet on her body and walks upon none, yet takes he dwelling far from home? A ship.
12. What runs + has no legs? A tap.
- 1. What is full and holds more?
A pot of potatoes when you put water in.
2. What stands outside the wood + eats inside the wood. A pig.
3. What man in Parliament wears the biggest hat? The man with the(continues on next page) - Collector
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