School: Woodland (roll number 8464)
- Location:
- Woodland, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Mrs Crossan
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- (continued from previous page)a boat.
(3) What side of the jug is the handle on?
(The outside)
(4) What is it that grows green. It gets white, red and then black?
(A blackberry)
(5) What part of a cor goes into the byre first?
(The breath)
(6) I went up the road and down the road and took the road on my back.
(A ladder)
(7) A small round red thing; haw; haw; haw
(A haw)
- As I went up a slippy slap. I met a tarry lass. Tarry was her petticoat and tarry was her sash.
(A thornbush)
(2) Twenty sick (six) sheep went up the hill. One of them died. How many was left?
(Nineteen) - Collector
- Susan Murray
- Gender
- Female
- What are all the people in the world doing at the same time?
(Getting older)(continues on next page)
