School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)

Location:
Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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    to send for any more meat till you would pay your bill." The Parson got vexed and he said "Go home you and I will talk to you when I get home
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    There was a woman once selling eggs and she had duck eggs, goose eggs and hen eggs.

    There was a woman once selling eggs and she had duck eggs goose eggs and hen eggs. She got four pence a goose egg. Halfpenny a duck-egg and a farthing a hen-egg. She was paid a shilling for the lot how many of each had she.
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    One goose egg = 0..4
    Thirteen duck eggs = 0..6 1/2
    Six hen eggs = 0..1 1/2
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    91
    Address
    Knockmascahill, Co. Galway
  3. A woman once went into a shop for a loaf and while there a man went in for a half-quarter of tobacca. Then when he went out the shopkeeper said "Who is he? Is he your brother." She answered
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