School: Inis (B.) (roll number 15042)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Fionnmhacháin
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- (continued from previous page)a little house without a fire?
A cage.
It grows in the wood, it sounds in the town and earns it's master many a crown?
A fiddle.
Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on, to cripples running for the police and two dummies shouting hurry on?
A lie.
What tree is the oldest?
The elder tree.
As black as ink, as white as milk and can hop on the road like hailstones?
A [?] magpie.
When was the beef highest?
When the cow jumped over moon.
Why does a chimney smoke?
Because it cannot chew.
I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it, and all the men in Kerry could not count all windows in it?
A Thimble.
- Collector
- Patrick Tierney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ennis, Co. Clare
