School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)
- Location:
- Adamstown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Donnchadh Cuirtéis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0899, Page 374
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- (continued from previous page)drinks none at all?
A. A fire.Q. Although I wear but one horn,
I am no unicorn.
Although I give milk, I am no Kerry cow,
My grandmother she loves me,
Around the fire she shoves me,
Its often I bring a smile from her brow.?
A. A tea-pot.Q. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball,
can climb the church o'er steeple and all?
A. The sun.Q. As round as an apple,
As flat as a pan,
The head of a woman,
Whe whole of a man?
A. A penny.Q. Why is an old man so much like a window?
A. Because he is all pains (panes).Q. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat,
if you guess for ever, you'll never guess that?
A. A pipe.Q. What goes around the house and drags a harrow after it?
A. A hen and her clutch of chickens.(continues on next page)
