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School: Ballyhahill (B.), Glin (roll number 10685)

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Baile Dhá Thuile, Co. Luimnigh
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Maoláin
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    wall she drinks all she gets and eats nothing at all?
    A lamp.
    9. What is it that always walks on its head?.
    The nails of your boots.
    10. A flock of white cows and a big red cow in between?
    Your teeth and your tongue.
    11. Why does a horse look over a hedge?
    Because he cant look under it.
    12. As I went up a hill I saw a kill, and in the kill there was a mall and in the mall there was a lock?
    Kilmalock.
    13. What is it that always finds things dull?
    The knife grinders.
    14. What is it that never was and never will be?
    A mouse's nest in a cat's ear.
    15. As I walked on a field, I met five fingers without flesh or blood?
    A glove.
    16. As I went out a slippery gap, I met a man with a stone in his belly and a tick on his back?
    A haw.
    17. The man who made it never wore it, and the man who wore it never saw it?
    A coffin.
    18. I have a little man above in the field, when I pull his leg his nose will bleed?
    A pump.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    John O' Callaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tigh na Coille, Co. Luimnigh
    Collector
    John Stack
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Motharnach, Co. Luimnigh
    Collector
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fionnú, Co. Luimnigh
    Collector
    Michael Naughton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fionnú, Co. Luimnigh
    Informant
    John Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fionnú, Co. Luimnigh
    Informant
    John O' Callaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tigh na Coille, Co. Luimnigh
    Informant
    Mrs Naughton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fionnú, Co. Luimnigh
    Informant
    Mrs Stack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Motharnach, Co. Luimnigh