School: Dunmanus, Toormore
- Location:
- Dunmanus East, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Helena Lucey
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- (continued from previous page)Auntie Mary timber toes and iron nose and upon my word she'd frighten the crows?
A gun.
8. A head like a timble a tail like a rat, you may guess forever but you won't guess that? A pipe.
9. Four legs up and four legs down soft in the middle and hard all around?
A bed
10. What walks with its head down?
A nail in your boot.
11. A little man sitting by a wall, he eats all he can and drinks nothing at all? A fire- Collector
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