School: Lisnabo, Newtownforbes (roll number 15460)

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   as a big town?
   A thimble.
   6. There was a man of Adam's race.
   He had a certain dwelling place.
   He is not in heaven or yet in hell.
   Or on this earth where mortal dwell?
   Jonah in the whale's belly.
   7. Where did Noah strike the first nail in his ark?
   On its head.
   8. What is it that man can see and God can never see?
   His own equal.
   9. As round as an apple as flat as a pan. The whole of a woman and the half of a man?
   A penny.
   10. Clink, Clink, Clink, and never takes a drink?
   A horse's shoes striking together.
   11. There is a table in my father's garden
   Its neither Oak, Ash, or Yew
   On any timber ever grew?
   A table of s tone.
   12. Through the wood, through the wood,
   And never touches a bit of the wood?
   A knife in a mans pocket.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Dorothy Dixon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Achadh Riabhach, Co. an Longfoirt