School: Coill Chláir (roll number 14276)
- Location:
- Coill an Chláir, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Treasa Ní Oibeacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 155
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- 1. As I looked out on grandfathers window I dropped a thing that I could not lift. Answer - My Breath2. As I went out one morning I saw the Bummy Bummys in the walls of the Wicker Wacker. I took out my Ticker Tacker to hunt the Bummy Bummys from the walls of the Wicker Wacker. Answer - A dog hunting a cow out of oats3. How many (thorns?) in an acre of whins? Answer - Too many4. What has four legs and flies? Answer - Two birds5. The King of Manchester sent his daughter to a bottomless vessel to hold flesh and bone. Answer - A ring6. A useful useless instrument, the man who makes it never wears it, the man who wears it never sees it. Answer - A coffin7. What gets wet and it drying? Answer - A towel8. A little gold crock and it full of live meal. Answer - A thimble(continues on next page)
