School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)
- Location:
- Baile an Chluinnigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: S. Ó Dúnlaing
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- Collector
- Kitty Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ard Lú, Co. Chill Chainnigh
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A. The dew and the Sun.Q. What is it has eyes and cannot see?
A. A potato.Q. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman the half of a man?
A. A penny.Q. Hairy in and hairy out, hairy in to hairy's mouth?
A. A man putting on his stocking.