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School: An t-Éadan Mór

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Edenmore, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Mac Philib
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0960, Page 165

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    1. A wee white horse on a pile of stones. Every bit he eats he groans>
    A gun.
    2. I have a wee house. It would not hold a mouse and there are more windows than there are on a king's house.
    A thimble.
    3. What is the usefulest thing in the house and the least thought of.
    A dishcloth.
    4. What is ashamed of it's face?
    A Clock.
    5. Big bellied father crooked legged mother Three wee children and they they same colours
    A pot.
    6. A field full of cows and a mad bull among them
    A mouth.
    7. What grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earns it's master many a crown?
    A Fiddle.
    8. Through the wood and through the wood and leaves a rag on every bush?
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