School: Cora Caitlín (B.)
- Location:
- Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Mac Conmara
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- (continued from previous page)I am also in battles. I am never peace or quietness. I have something to with the lamb and the lion. The letter L.
(29) Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she can't lick it.
(30) Middy Noddy, round the boddy, three feet and a wooden hat? A pot.
(31) What part of a cow goes out a gap first? Her Breath.
Black and white and red all over? A paper.
(32) What trade has the sun? A tammer.
(33) What word with five letters after taking one you leave two? Te letter "Stone"
(34) What must you take before you get? A photograph.
(35) What is it that is short cut is bit off and you make it long? A grave.
(36) What is the longest thing in the world? Your tongue because you can't see(continues on next page)
