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School: Clonback, Aughnacliffe (roll number 15038)

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Cluain Baic, Co. an Longfoirt
Teacher:
Seán Mac Ionnraic
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    How many sticks go to a crow's nest?
    None they are all carried.
    What is the shyest thing in the world?
    The clock because it always holds its hands on its face.
    How may thorns in an acre of whins?
    One and all the rest.
    What goes round the house and sleeps in the corner?
    The besin.
    What goes round the wood and never touches the wood?
    A nail in a man's boot.
    What is it that has neither flesh nor bone, and yet has four fingers and a thumb?
    A Glove.
    When does a chair dislike you?
    When it can't bare you?
    As round as an apple,
    As deep as a cup,
    All the men in Derry,
    Wouldn't lift it up?
    A well.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Peter Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Achadh Mór Uachtarach, Co. an Longfoirt