School: Cloghan (B.), Banagher

Location:
Cloghan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Francis O' Connor
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    bag of pepper through an old man's shin bone - =A moth
    12. What is in a shop window and cannot be sold in the water and cannot be drowned in a meadow that cannot be cut = The rays of the sun.
    13 All patches, no stitches what is it = A hesd of cabbage.
    14 Eats all it gets but drinks nothing = A fire.
    15 What is the smallest bridge in the world = The bridge of your nose
    16 How is a donkey compared to a stamp = You give a donkey a lick of a stick and you give the stap a lick of your tongue.
    17 Why does a hen pick a pot = because she cant lick it.
    18 What goes up when the rain comes down = An umbrella,
    19 Why should Ireland soon be rick. = Because its capital is Dublin (doubling),
    20 What ship dow e like to avoid = Hardship
    21 How can you cure a slow horse + Tie him to a post and make him fast.
    22. A kitchen full a room ful and coild not catch a spoonful = Smoke
    23 If a farmer raises twelve acres of corn in dry weather what will he raise in wet weather = his umbrella,
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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