School: Ballinvally (C.) (roll number 932)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: S. Nic Shiomóin
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12. What is it we always return but never
borrow? Thanks.
13. What has a tongue but cannot speak.
A Boot.
14. I went to the wood and got it. I sat down
and looked for it and if I got I would throw it
away.
A thorn in my foot.
15. Why is letter 'J' like death? Because it
makes all fall.
16. Under the fire and over the fire and never
touches the fire. A cake in the oven.
17. The longer she lives the shorter she
grows.
A candle.
18. How many feet have forty sheep. a
shepherd and his dog? Two, the rest
are crubeens.
19. Patches and patches + no stitches.
Cabbage.
20. I have a little red cow and she lives by
the wall. She eats all I give her but
drinks nothing at all. A fire.
21. Twenty sick (six) sheep went out a
gap. One died, how many were left.
Nineteen;(continues on next page)
