School: Tamhnach, Inis

Location:
Toonagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Proinnsias Gordún
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    Chip, Chip, cherry; all the men in Derry...

    Chip, Chip, cheery; all the men in Derry would not climb, chip, chip, cherry - Smoke rising from a chimney.
    Where was the first candle lit - on the wick.
    Why does a hen lay an egg? Because she can't lay a brick.
    The man that bought it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it. - A coffin.
    Two black men and one white man went motoring. The black men ate the white man. What was the number of the car? 281.
    Which is the grey goose or the white goose the gander? Neither of them.
    what is the lightest country? Down.
    what has the most "pains" (panes) The house with most windows.
    If a man fell a thousand feet what would he fall against? - This will
    It's inside the wall; It's outside the wall and if you touch it it will bite you - A Nettle.
    Ink ank under a bank, ten drawing four. - A Woman milking a cow.
    What country fits in a bottle. - Cork.
    As flat as a pancake, as round as a pan, Once side a woman, the other a pan! - A penny.
    What is like a horse's shoe? A Mare's shoe.
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