School: Barratitoppy (roll number 14664)
- Location:
- Barratitoppy Lower, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0954, Page 134
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Forty sheep went through a gap, forty more followed that, six, seven, ten, eleven, two and three, how many is that?
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A Tailor.What grows in the woods and sounds in the town and earns it's master many a pounds?
A fiddle.What is full and holds up water?
A brook.What is full and holds more?
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