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School: Bealach, Bansha (roll number 1131)

Location:
Ballagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
S. Meiscill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0575, Page 252

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    A fiddler in Limerick had a brother a fiddler in Cork but a fiddler in Cork hadn't any brothers a fiddler in Limerick. How was that? It was a sister he had in Limerick
    A little red cow she stands by the wall, she eats all she gets but she drinks none at all. The fire.
    The is a man in the yard and if you lift his hand his nose will bleed? A pump
    What does it take to make a pair of boots? Two boots.
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        1. riddles (~7,209)
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