School: Baile an Tobair, Baile an Londraigh (roll number 10314)
- Location:
- Baile an Tobair, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Tuama
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- (continued from previous page)45. It wasnt stick not stone nor flesh nor bone
I walked away and left it alone.
(Ans.) An Egg.46. Elizabeth, Betty and Bess,
Went over the sea to rob a bird's nest.
There were four eggs, and they took one each
How many were left.
(Ans.) Three47. What has a tongue and never eats.
(Ans.) a boot.48. What is always put on the table,
Always cut but never eaten.
(Ans) A Deck of cards.49. As I looked out through my [?] window
I saw the live carrying the dead.
(Ans.) A funeral.50. I washed my face in water,
That never rained nor ran,
I dried my face in a towel,
that was never worn nor spun.
(Ans) The dew and the sun.52. Which one of the twelve Apostles wore the biggest hat?
(Ans.) the one with the biggest head53. Why is a black hen smarter than a white hen.
(Ans.) A black hen can lay a white egg and white hen cant lay a black one.
