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School: Cill Chiaráin

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Kilkerrin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Caitlín, Bean Uí Chuimín
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  1. Tomhaiseanna (continued)

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    Twenty six (sick) sheep went out a gap if one died how many came back ? Nineteen
    I have a little horse tied to a stake, and the quicker it gallops it swallows the rope?
    A spinning wheel.
    What is it that we all want and as soon as we get it we want to get rid of it?
    A good appetite
    As I looked out my grandfather's window I dropped a thing I could not catch?
    My breath.
    A man with no eyes went out to see the skies, he saw an apple tree with apples on, he took no apples off and he left no apples on? He took one off and left one on.
    A halfpenny wet and a halfpenny dry,
    fourpence halfpenny and a halfpenny by,
    A halfpenny behind and a halfpenny before
    fourpence halfpenny and a halfpenny more.
    Answer - A shilling
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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