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School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 226

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    Q. What is full in the day and empty at night?
    A. shoes
    Q, Riddle me riddle me ... (?) how many potatoes goes to a ... (?)
    A. as many as the butter can afford
    Q. As I went out yonder gap, I met a boy with a bundle of sticks on the top of his head and no one could count them but God?
    A. the hair of your head
    Q. Kitty Lotty on the wall Kitty Lotty got a fall. Nine men or 9 score couldn't put Kitty Lotty together again.
    A. a broken egg
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