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School: Ballyhaise

Location:
Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Thos. Plunkett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 279

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    Answer: A blackberry
    Question: What goes up when the rain comes down
    Answer: An umbrella
    Question: As I went through a guttery gap I met my auntie Ann, she had two crooked toes and an iron nose and upon my honour she'd scare the crows.
    Answer: A gun
    Question: As I sat in my chamber I dropped a wonderful ting. I saw the dead burying the living wasn't that a wonderful thing.
    Answer: The dead ashes burying the alive coals.
    Question: What weight is the moon
    Answer: One cwt because there are four quarters in it.
    Question: What has two feet and one heel
    Answer: A last
    Question: Look into me and I'm everybody scratch my back and I'm nobody
    Answer: A looking glass
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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