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School: Templetown

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Templetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Charles D. Hearne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0870, Page 223

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    3) What is the most forgiven animal in the world
    |Answer) (the Giraffe because it overlooks many things)

    4) I have an old heaffer she lies by the hob she eats all I give her
    she drinks none at all
    |Answer) the fire

    5) Daddy Daddy at the warm shelf whispering whispering to himself
    (Ans) A pot boiling by the side of the fire.
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    1) Ducks quacking loud is a sign of rain
    2) Gulls screaming over a certain place in the sea is said to be a sing that there is fish there.
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