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School: Ballyhurst, Tipperary (roll number 4562)

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Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Stás, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0579, Page 131

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    As round as a marble, as deep as a cup, all the men in Ireland couldn't lift it up? a well.
    I have a little man above in the yard when I pull his leg his nose will bleed? A pump.
    What is it that never was or never will be? A mouse's nest in a cats ear.
    What huge ship never moves? Hardships.
    Why is Ireland rich? Because its bapital is always Dublin.
    Why is the moon like a hard working carpenter? Because he is putting in beams all day.
    Why is honey so scarce in Belfast? Because there is only one bee in it.
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