School: Castlecoote (roll number 6344)
- Location:
- Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghabhláin
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- 26. What is full and holds more?
Freagra. A pot of potatoes with water added.27. How many wells make a river?
Fr. One and all the rest28. Look at your hand and there you will see what never was or never will be.
Fr. Firefingers one bigger than the other29. There were two boys who were born in March. One fo their birthdays was in September. One went to America and married his mother. The other stayed at home and died an old maid.
Freagra.
The two boys were born in a place called March. One of their birthdays was in September. He went to America and became a priest who married his mother- then a widow- to another man. The other boy stayed at home and became a hairdresser. He dyed an old maid's hair.30. How far can a rabbit run in a wood?
Fr. To the middle of it, because he is running out of it again.
