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School: Ballyharry (roll number 11235)

Location:
Ballycharry, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Bríde
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    1) A kitchen full, a roomful you could not lift a spoonful
    Ans. = smoke
    2) What hangs on the wall and has more eyes than us all?
    Ans. = A strainer
    3) "Blackie" set on "roughy" and "gloury" seen it and "glamy" shoved it into "girney"
    Ans. = A blackberry
    4) Four stiff standers, four down hangers, two lookers, two crooners, one licker and a switcher.
    Ans. = A cow
    5) Hairy out and hairy in, all hair and no skin
    Ans. = A stocking
    6) A large "podoodle" a small "podoodle", "podoodles" of every kind, put in a "podoodle", put out a "podoodle" and leave a "podoodle" behind.
    Ans. = knitting a sock
    7) As I went in a slithery slap I met a dunty bull, he kicked and I flung, if you "(y) had to been"
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sorcha Nic Canna
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballycharry, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    Mrs Daniel Mc Cann
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    44
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Ballycharry, Co. Dhún na nGall