School: Breac-chluain
- Location:
- Brackloon South, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Mac Gabhann
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- (continued from previous page)What is it a man does not like to have, and after all does not like to loose it? A bald head.Old mother Tinkle had but one eye,
And a long tail which she used to let fly. And every time she went out in a gap, She left a bit of her tail in a trap.
Ans.- A needle and thread.What is the strongest animal in the world?
Ans- A snail, because he can carry his house on his back.
- As I went out a boreen,
I met my aunty Noreen.
She had iron toes and a wooden nose and pon my word,
She would frighten the crows.
Ans:- A gun. - Collector
- Catherine Waldron
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrylahan, Co. Mayo
