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School: Ballynarry

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Ballynarry, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0989, Page 088

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  1. Composition - Fionn McCumhail (continued)

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    No 12
    Q. If Dick's father was Tom's brother what relation was Dick to Tom's mother?
    A. He was her grandson.
    No 13.
    Q. Alive in front, dead in the middle, and baptised behind?
    A. A man ploughing.
    No 14.
    Q. A leaper of ditches, a cropper of thorns a little brown cow with two leather horns
    A. A rabbit.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheamus Smyth
    Gender
    Male