School: Newbawn (roll number 16072)

Location:
Newbawn, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Seán de Buitléir
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    I know a little round house and it is full of meat. It has neither doors or windows to let me in to eat.

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    What goes round the wood, and round the wood and never touches the wood.
    Answer. The binding of a car.

    As I went out in a slobbery gap I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and left his body easy.
    Answer A head of cabbage.

    In the wood I got it, I sat down and sought it and I could not find it, it was home I brought it.
    Answer. A thorn in your finger.

    Why is Tinnecarrig like a boot
    Answer Because they are so many nails in it
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