School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Liostuathail (roll number 4062)

Location:
Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teachers:
Bríd Nic Oscair An tSr. Íde An tSr. Muire
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    It's on the table, it's cut, but it can't be eaten?
    (A deck of cards)
    Ding dong under a bank, ten drawing four?
    (A woman milking a cow)

    In a field there is a house, and in that house there is a dresser, and in that dresser there is a cup, and in that cup there is a sup for everybody who should take it.
    (Death)
    What has an eye that does not cry?
    (A needle)
    The man that made it never wore it, and the man that wore it, never saw it.
    (A coffin)
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