School: Cloonagh Boys' National School
- Location:
- Coolrawer, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: P. O Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0161
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- 1 It is short and put a bit to it and you will make it shorter. Answer short and er to it makes it shorter.
2 Why is a watch like a river? Answer the watch wont go without winding, and the river is the same.
3 What smells most in a chemist shop? Answer your nose.
4 Why is the sun like a loaf? Answer the sun is light when it rises and the loaf is light when it is baked.
5 Flies high lies low cuts grass but doesnt mow. Answer lightning.
6 Its in the sea its in the sand, its in horses shoes but not in land. Answer the letter S.
7 It goes up red and comes down white. Answer an egg.
8 Its a promise till you break it. Answer silence.
9 As I went down the road I got what I did not want. Answer a thorn.
10 Why is the letter A like honey? Answer B follows it
11 It grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earns the master many a pound.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Phillip Cawley
- Gender
- Male
