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School: Inch, Borris

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Clanagh, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Michael J. O'Donoghue
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 695

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    Q. Around the house around the house pulling a harrow after me.
    A. A hen and chickens.
    Q. Why is it you go to bed
    A. Because the bed won't come to you.
    Q. What is the last thing you do when you are going to be.
    A. Take your feet off the floor.
    Q. What has a tongue and can not speak.
    A. A boot.
    Q. What has a head and no face.
    A. A match
    Q. What was a foot last night
    A. Twelve inches
    Q. What has a mouth and no tongue
    A. A River
    Q. It grows in the wood it sounds in the town and it earns his master many a pound.
    A. A Fiddle
    Q. Four posts of poverty winding their way up
    A. Knitting pins.
    Q. It is long and it is narrow it is not very wide.
    A. A Road
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