School: Drumdigus (B.), Cill Mhuire (roll number 13478)

Location:
Drumdigus, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Éamonn Mac Gearailt
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  1. Long legged father big bellied mother and three little children the same colour
    Answer A pot
    What is it that a car has,
    and it does not want it
    and still it can not go without it?
    Ans Noise
    The bleat of a lamb, the work of a bee.
    Is the name of a butcher, that lives in Kilkee
    Ans Mahoney
    What bridge was never crossed?
    Ans The bridge of your nose.
    Why is your nose like the letter V in civility.
    Ans Because it is between tow eyes.
    My mother sent to your mother for the clippers, the clappers, the Seven bo-dashers and the combs to pick up the crumedy cromedy.
    Ans. A woman making a churn
    As I was going through a garden of wheat
    I picked up a thing that I could eat
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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