School: Moys (roll number 10837)
- Location:
- Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
- Teachers: P. Dawson C. Mac an Ghirr
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A hen after laying an egg.What is it that goes around the wood but never goes into the wood.
Answer. The bark of a tree.What sleeps in the corner all night with its finger in its eye.
A crook.Men and women often saw it. Kings and Princes seldom saw it but God never saw it what is it.
God never saw a better man than himself.What is it that has neither flesh nor bone but yet has four fingers and a thumb.
A glove.What is the smallest bridge in the world.
The bridge of your noseWhat roof stands the noisiest part of the world.
the roof of your mouth.
- About twenty years ago an old woman named Lena Finnegan lived in Kilcrow. I here was a loan bush growing near by her home and the fairies used to play music around this bush for many(continues on next page)
