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School: Drom an Mhadaidh

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Drumavaddy, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0990, Page 002

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    7. On yonder hill there is a house and in the house there is a room and in the room there is a table and in the room there is a drawer and in the drawer there is a cup, and in the cup there is a sup that everyone must drink.
    ------ Death
    8. The man that made it didnt want it, the man that bought it didn't (never) used it, the man that used it never saw it.
    ------ A coffin
    9. What goes round the house and leaves a loaf on every window?
    ------ snow
    10. What is it that wets with dryinf?
    ----- a towel.
    11. What turns with moving?
    ----- milk (meaning, sour)
    12. What sleeps with its finger in its eye?
    ----- The fire crook.
    13. What part of a cow goes into the byre first?
    ----- her breath.
    14. What goes to a house and never goes in?
    ----- lane, "bohoreen", "pass".
    15. What is it you love and it hates you and you cant do without it?
    ----- Fire
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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    Language
    English