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School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

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Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 285

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  2. Tomhaiseanna

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    Why is a grasshopper like a jumper?
    (Because they are both jumpers.)
    If you broke one of the ten commandments what would happen?
    (There would be nine left.)
    What walks with its head down?
    (A nail in your boot.)
    I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it,
    and all the men in Clare couldn’t count all the windows in it?
    (A thimble.)
    Collected by: - Tomás Ó Fógartaigh, Poundtown.
    Told by: - Thomas Fogarty (senior) Poundtown.
    (55 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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