School: Carnaross, Kells (roll number 3852)

Location:
Carnaross, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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  1. What is it the more you take out of it the bigger it gets. A hole.
    When up I am full, when down I am slender so give me a pull so gentle and tender. A stocking on your foot.
    Why is a black hen better than a white hen. The black hen can lay a white egg and the white hen cannot lay a black egg.
    What goes in dry and comes out wet. Tea.
    When would three black hens make three white ones. When they are plucked.
    I have a little red cow she eats
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