School: The Rower (B.), Inistioge (roll number 15160)

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   two dummies were telling them to hurry on.
   A lie.

   3. What small animal is turned into a large one by being beheaded.
   Fox (ox)

   4. What fish does the bridegroom like best.
   Herring (her ring.)

   5. What burns to keep a secret?
   Sealing-wax.

   6. Why is a room full of married people like an empty room?
   7. There's not a single person in it.

   8. What poet was never slow?
   Swift.

   9. What is the most modest piece of furniture?
   The clock, because it covers its face with its hands, and runs down its own works.

   10. Your initial begins with an "A". You have an "A" at the end of your name. The whole of your name is "Anna" and it is forwards and backwards the same. What is the name?
   Anna.

   11. What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
   A bed

   12. I have a grey goose. She has a great prize. The man that will buy her; he must be wise. She has feet in her body and she walks upon none. She goes far from her lodging and seldom comes home.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Galavan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cill Chonaíle, Co. Chill Chainnigh

   Informant

   Mrs Galavan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   58

   Address

   Cill Chonaíle, Co. Chill Chainnigh