School: Bigwood, Mullinavat (roll number 2961)
- Location:
- Rathnasmolagh, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 416
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- 1 Narrow above narrow below wide in the middle and leave it so.
Ans The globe of a lamp.2 What is full and holds more.
Ans A pot full of potatoes when water is poured in.3 Round the wood and around and never gets into the wood.
Ans The bark of a tree.4 What has a head and nevers talks
Ans A bed.5 Twenty four white cows standing in a stall out comes the red bull and licks up them all.
Ans Your teeth and tongue.6 A little red cow lies by the wall she eats all she gets but she drinks none at all.
Ans A fire.7 The man that makes it does'nt want it the man that buys(continues on next page)
