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School: Ballykelly

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Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Uadain
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    (continued from previous page)
    a man. What is it?
    A penny.
    It went to Africa, it stopped there it came back because it would't go there. What is it?
    A watch.
    What goes up when the rain comes down?
    An umberella.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup, it never cuckoo's till you pull it by the tail. What is it?
    A bell.
    As I went up the hill of wonder, I saw twenty-four bulldogs tearing the hill asunder. What is that?
    A harrow.
    What is the shyest thing in the house.?
    The clock, because it always has its hands on its face.
    How would you make a slow horse fast.?
    Keep its food from it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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