School: Radharc na Féile (roll number 14156)

Location:
Abbeyfeale West, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tadhg Mac Coitir
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  2. What goes up when the rain falls?
    What is the difference between a schoolmaster & a stamp?
    As I went up a fowl's burrow I met it in the furrow, it was neither fish, flesh nor fowl but had five fingers?
    Black & white & read all over?
    What has panes & can't suffer?
    "Tis under the fire, 'tis over the fire, 'tis everywhere in the fire but can't touch the fire?
    Black & white & hops on the ground like hail-stone?
    what turns without moving?
    Why is Sunday the strongest day in the week?
    What walks with its head downwards?
    Three little children dressed in white got the fever and died lastnight?
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