School: Dunally (roll number 12752)
- Location:
- Dún Aille, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Florence Egan
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- (continued from previous page)down a ladder, with its head downwards? - a nail in a man's boot.
Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran, tell me how many r's in that and I'll call you a clever man - No r's in That.
When is a horse not a horse? - when he turns into a field.
When turns but never moves? - milk
What is it that the more you take from it the larger it becomes? - a hole.
What is it goes through the woods and thrrough the woods, and leaves a rag on every bush - snow.
Deep it is and damp it is and it for any lord - a grave.
Ink, ank, under the bank, ten drawing four, - a man milking a cow.
When is a door not a door? - when it is ajar.
As round as an apple, as deep as a(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peter Conan Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An tEanach, Co. Shligigh