School: Doire an Céise (C )
- Location:
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Uaid
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- (continued from previous page)a bed
15, As round as an apple,
As flat as a pan,
One side a woman,
And the other side a man?
A penny.16. How could you save your sole?
Walk on your heel.17. Headed like a thimble,
Tailed like a rat,
You may guess for ever,
But you couldn't guess that?
A pipe.
- 18. If a man got sixpence for walking thirty miles, what would he get for walking a hundred miles?
Sore feet.
19. Six feet by three is my degree, and no house is right without me,
Turn me round the other way,(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sue Reilly
- Gender
- Female
