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School: Lios Maol

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Lismoyle, Co. Roscommon
Teachers:
Seán Ó Súilleabháin Eoghan Mac Seághain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0268, Page 122

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    1. What is it that is under the fire and over the fire and still never touches the fire?
    A cake in the oven.
    2. What is it that is smaller than a mouse and has more windows than the Lord Mayor's house?
    A thimble.
    3. Twenty six (sick) sheep went out a gap one died how many came back?
    Nineteen.
    4. I went out to the garden and I met my uncle Dan. I cut off his head and brought it into the house. What did I bring in?
    A head of cabbage.
    5. What is it that is as big as a ball, as red as blood, as white as milk an as sweet as honey
    An apple
    6. A father and son went down the
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