School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)
- Location:
- Cloontagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Garaidh
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- Over the head and under the hat you may guess for ever but you wouldn't guess that.
The hair of your head.- Collector
- M. Ó Droma
- Gender
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- As round as an apple, as deep as a cup and all the men in Derry would not lift it up
A wellAs round as an apple, as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man. A penny.What is it that goes round the house and draws a harrow after her.
A hen with a flock of chickensWhat is it has legs and never walks/
A chair.Up chip cherry, down chip cherry and all the men in Derry would not climb chip cherry.
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