School: Ballinamona

Location:
Ballynamona, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Michael Mc Keon
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    4. I went up the road and down the road and took the road on my back with me. What is it? A ladder
    29.4.38
    5. Blackie and whitie went up the hill - blackie came back and whitie stood. V. A black hen and a white egg.
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  2. 1.
    What stands at one end of the wood and eats at the other end?
    Answer A Pig eating out of a trough.
    2.
    What is deeper than the sea?
    Answer A Tailors Timble
    3.
    As round as apple as deep as a cup
    And all the kings horses would not pull it up?
    Answer A Well
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.