School: Teamhair, Áth Treasna
- Location:
- Taur, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Súillleabháin
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What is it the more you will take from it the larger it will get? A hole in the ground
You have it and I haven't it and I make more use of it than you? Your name
Why is a bridled horse never hungry? Because he always has a bit in his mouth
What flys with four leg? Two Birds
Four little bottles at the top of the hill and whatever way you turn them they will not spill? A cow's paps
What is it that is bought by the yard and worn by the foots? The carpet on a floor
Deep down in the earth, Is the palce of my birth, I am as black as the night , but your homes I make bright. When I burst into flame Who can tell me my name? Coal
I know a little house a mouse could not live in it. All the men in town could not count the windows in it? A thumble(continues on next page)
