School: Trummera, Mountrath (roll number 15446)

Location:
Trumra, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Mrs Muldowney

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 262

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I have a little sister she sits on the wall...

1. I have a little sister she sits on the wall she drinks all she gets and eats none atall.
Answer, A lamp.

2. A field full of white cows and one red cow in the middle.
Answer, My tongue and teeth.
3. Forty sheep jumped over a ditch, forty more along with that, twice eleven six and seven three and two how many is that?
Answer, Five.
4. What is it that can travel from Dublin to Cork without moving?
Answer, The Railway.
5. Patch upon patch without any stitches.
Answer, A head of cabbage.

Collector
Katie Mc Evoy
Gender
female
Address
Trumra, Co. Laois
Language
English