School: Cluainteach (C.), Newtownforbes
- Location:
- Cloontagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Garaidh
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- (continued from previous page)24. I have a little house, and it wouldn't hold a mouse
And there is more windows in it than in the Lord Mayor's house.
A thimble.
25. As round as an apple as deep as a cup, and all the men in Derry wouldn't pull it up
A well.
26. What is it that the man that made it never wore it, and the man that wore it never saw it?
A coffin.
27. Three feet I have, and never attempt to go,
With many nails thereon, and not one toe
A yard of cloth28. I have a little cow, and she is tied to a wall, if I give her hay or oats she will lick it up, if I give her water she will die, if I give her wind she will fly.
The fire.(continues on next page)
