School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)

Location:
Philpotstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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  2. As round as a marble as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man.?
    A penny.
    As round as a marble as deep as a cup and all the king horses could not draw it up?
    The moon in a well.
    Where was Moses when the light went out?
    In the dark.
    When was B the first letter in the Alphabet?
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