School: Gleann Fleisge

Location:
Glenflesk, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Donnchadh Ó Spiolláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0457, Page 947

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    If a peacock laid a egg in your garden whose egg would it be
    A cock could not lay any egg
    Which is the grey goose or the white goose the gander
    A goose could not be a gander
    It is under the water and over the water and never touches the water
    A woman crossing a bridge with a bucket of water on her head
    What has eight legs and can fly
    Four birds
    What has an eye and cannot see
    A needle
    Why does a hen cross the road
    To go to the other side
    Four bottles going up a hill their joules turned down and cannot spill
    A cows four paps
    (continues on next page)
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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