School: Dromcollchoille (B.)

Location:
Drom Collachair, Co. Luimnigh
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Mathghamhna
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    I have a little Kerry cow, she stands by the wall she eats all the world and she drinks none a tall.
    ? A fire.
    What has legs and cannot walk?
    A chair.
    What runs without legs?
    ? A river.
    What can run but cannot walk?
    A fountain
    Why does a cow look over the ditch?
    Because she cant look under it.
    Why does a hen peck a pot?
    because she can't lick it.
    I have a little round house always full of meat, it has no doors or windows to let me in to eat.
    ? An egg.
    What turns without moving.
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