School: Coill na Leac
- Location:
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mac Geibheannaigh
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- (continued from previous page)wives, and the seven wives had seven cats, and the seven cats had seven kits, how many were going to St Ives.
Answer - One person.
Riddle me, riddle me, Anntie O, my father gave me seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white, riddle me that and I will give you a pipe.
Answer - ink and paper.
What is brought to the table cut but never eaten.
Answer - Dick of cards.
What has a foot, a head, and four legs.
Answer - a bed
- When is a window like a star.
Answer - when it is a skylight.
What is the difference between tight shoes and an oak tree.
Answer - One makes the corns ache and the other makes acorns. - Collector
- Sean O Hare
- Gender
- Male
- What is that which occurs twice in a moment, once in a minute, and not once in a thousand years.
answer - The letter M
As I went up the hillys, I met a flock of bonneos, they were nick, they were nack, they were all brown(continues on next page)
