School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)

Location:
Stormanstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Ó Ceallaigh
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    58 Blacky sat on Rucky Dempsey, looked at that pawy, stuck it in gubby, and tell me what is that? (Alice Halpenny)
    - A blackberry
    59 What is it that is cut in the wood, sounds in the town, and earns its master many a pound?
    - A fiddle.
    60 Face me fair and I am everybody;
    Scratch my back and I am nobody.
    - A mirror.
    61 As I looked out my grandfather's window I saw the dead carrying the live.
    - A shipload of people.
    62 I went to the wood and I got it; I sat down to look for it but couldn't find it; so I had to bring it home with me.
    - A thorn in my foot.
    63 What two tradesmen work hardest against each other?
    - A tinker and a shoemaker. (The former makes tins to keep water in, while the latter makes boots to keep it out).
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