School: Castletowngeoghegan (C.) (roll number 2093)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Chonaire
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- (continued from previous page)A little white and round house. And it's full of meat. But it has no doors or windows to let me in to eat.
Ans. An egg.
Why is a cat's tail like a swan's bosom.
Because it grows down.
Which house is never dark.
What do we often catch but never see.
A passing remark.
Why is a dirty boy like a flannel.
Ans. Because he shrinks from washing.
What is taken from you before you get it.
Ans. Your photograph.
What goes up white and comes down red.
Ans. An egg.
Why does a hen pick a pot.
Because she can't lick it.
What has four legs and can't walk.
Ans. A bed.
Why does a cow look over a hill.
Ans. Because she can't look under it.
When has a man four hands.
Ans. When he doubles his fists.
What has an eye and can't see.
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