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School: Trentagh (roll number 16331)

Location:
Na Tréantacha, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
M. Nic Pheadair
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    Guesses.
    1. What is the lightest thing you could put in your pockets?
    A hole.
    2. What is the strongest animal in the world?
    The snail, because it carries it's house on it's back.
    3. What instrument can you compare to a girl with a cut finger?
    A cut - lass.
    4. What would a broken window say if it was broken by a fallen tree?
    Tremendous. Tree - mend - us.
    5. When was beef the highest?
    When the cow jumped over the moon.
    6. I have a wee house, it would'nt hold a mouse, and it has all the windows in the king's palace.
    A thimble.
    7. What stands with its heart in its head?
    A cabbage.
    8. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess forever but
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Harley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Na Tréantacha, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    Miss Annie Mc Geady
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    30
    Address
    Na Tréantacha, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Crossan
    Age
    50
    Address
    Na Tréantacha, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Harley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    47
    Address
    Na Tréantacha, Co. Dhún na nGall