School: Doire Ó gCuanaigh (roll number 8991)
- Location:
- Derrygoony, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: L. Mac Áinlighe
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- Black and white went up the hill black came down and white stood still
Answer-: A black hen went up the hill and layed a white egg.What is it that a black hen can do for a white one that a white can't do for a black one.
Answer-: A black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen can't lay a black egg.What side of a cats tail is the most hair on.
Answer-: The out side.How many cows tails would reach the moon.
Answer-: One if it was long enoughWhat side of a cup is the handle on
Answer-: The out side.What has a thumb and four fingers yet cannot hold an apple.
Answer-: A glove.What grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earns his master many a pound.
Answer-: A fiddlePatch upon patch without any stitches(continues on next page)
