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School: Sraith, Magh Sheasta

Location:
Sragh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Gormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 025

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  1. Tomhaiseanna (continued)

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    A fish's head measures nine inches. His tail is as long as his head and half his back. His back is as long as his tail and head together. What is the whole length of the fish?
    Six feet.
    How many minutes is it to six o'clock if fifty minutes ago it was three times as many minutes after three? 32 1/2 minutes.
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    What goes faster than the wind? Your mind.
    All around the house and a harrow after it? A hen and a clutch of chickens.
    It is inside and outside and it is under the roof of the house? A window.
    I went up the road and down the road in a "crack"
    And I carried the road to my own abode on my back? A ladder.
    Why does a cow go to a ditch?
    Because the ditch will not come to her.
    In the morning he walked on four legs. At noon he walked on two legs; and in the evening he walked on three legs? Man.
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