School: Baile Nua an Fhaoitigh (roll number 9040)
- Location:
- Newtownwhite, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Éilís Ní Mharascáil
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- (continued from previous page)As I sat down upon a stool, I pulled out a long tool, I waved it up and I waved it down, and many the dark hole was in poor thing.
A pen and ink.It goes from house to house and it's out all night.
A path. I am a shoemaker, I make shoes without leather, the four elements meet together, fire, water, earth and sun, and every customer takes two pair?
The blacksmithHow could you take 12 from 1?
You take 12 bonhams from 1 sow. How many nibs will a hen hit on a pot until she has enough eaten?
One - the same nib all the time. What is full yet holds more?
A pot of potatoes.
