School: Baile Mhic Ealgóid
- Location:
- Ballymacelligott, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Siobhán Ní Riada
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- (continued from previous page)As black as ink, as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstones. Ans:- a magpie.Four sticks standing, four hellow landers.
Two hookers, two crookers, and a whit-about. Ans:- A cow.Two little sisters dressed in white,
One got the [?] and died last night
Ans:- a candle.Two little sisters in a ditch
When you'd go near them, they'd give you a pinch
Ans:- Two nettles.My face is white. My hands are black, and I'm from morning till night, and never earn a penny.
Ans:- a clock.I have a little friend hanging on the wall. She [?] all she get and eat nothing at all.
Ans:- A lampEyes that cannot see, ears that cannot hear, a tongue that cannot talk, and a soul that cannot be [?]
Ans:- A shoe(continues on next page)
