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School: Doire an Bháis (roll number 13152)

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Derrycoosh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Húbáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 381

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    of that.
    A. A coffin.
    Q. Why is a bar of toffee like a race horse
    A. Because the more you lick them the quicker they go.
    Q. A little man sitting by the wall he all he can and drinks nothing at all.
    A. A fire.
    Q. Once in a mountain once in a moon twice in Summer and none in June.
    A. The letter M.
    Q. The long leged mother and the short leged father and their twelve children.
    A. A clock.
    Q. A little wood a little wire a little house without a fire.
    A. A cage
    Q. As I looked out the window I saw white eating white
    A. A sheep eating a head of cabbage.
    Q. One half dead and the other half living and a tail waging.
    A. A dog with his head in a pot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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