School: Ceis (roll number 15342)

Location:
An Chéis, Co. Shligigh
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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    thorns, a tight little cow with a pair of leather horns.
    Answer = A hare.
    65) Queston = As I was going to London I saw a great wonder twenty four wild cats digging up the ground assunder?
    Answer = A harrow.
    66) Question = As round as a marble as flat as a pan, on one side a woman, the other side a man.
    Answer = A penny.
    67) Question = Why does little birds in their nests agree?
    Answer= Because it is dangerous to fall out.
    68) Question = Full of eyes without an nose?
    Answer= A thimble.
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