School: Muclach
- Location:
- Mucklagh, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Néill
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- (continued from previous page)What can you knit without knitting needles - your brows.
What do liars do when they die - they lie still.
What burns to keep a secret - sealing wax.
What is that which is bought by the yard, and is worn by the foot - carpet.
What is it that is full of holes yet holds water - a sponge.
What is like half the moon - the other half.
What tune makes everybody glad - Fortune.
What is always behind time - the back of a watch. - A lone bush grows a mile from Blue Ball. How its known to be a fairies bush because no grass grows ground it. It grows near the road. It is a white thorn bish. One night a man by the name of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Screggan, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Screggan, Co. Offaly