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School: Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10956)

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Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Céin
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    What walks with its head down?
    A nail in your boot
    'Tis here 'tis there, 'tis everywhere, 'tis up on top of Killarney, it takes a bite as big as a horse & never eat it after?
    A scythe
    I went up the road, and I came down the road, and I comes the road on my back? A ladder.
    I have a little Kerry cow, she's tied to the wall, she'll eat all you give her + drink nothing at all?
    A fire.
    I have a little Kerry cow, she hangs on the wall, she'll drink all you give her + eat nothing at all?
    A lamp.
    What weight is the moon?
    1 cwt (4 quarters).
    What stands beside the ditch if you touch it, it will itch you? Nettle.
    By long Tom, with a big red nose, the quicker it runs, the quicker it goes?
    A candle.
    What has a foot & no heel?
    A hill.
    What has 3 feet two legs?
    A Yard.
    What full + holds more?
    (a pot full of potatoes when you pour water in)
    Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you'd be guessing for ever & you wouldn't guess that?
    A pipe
    Two n's, two o's an l & a d put them together & spell them for me?
    London
    Why does a man die? To get to the other side
    What is the difference between a lady & a postage stamp?
    One is a female (fee mail) & the other is a mail fee.
    Under the water, over the water & never touche the water?
    A shadow.
    The more you take from it the bigger it gets?
    a hole
    What is able to keep up to a greyhound running?
    his tail.
    Why is Sunday the strongest day in the week?
    Because all
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