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School: Cloonkeen Kerrill (roll number 15429)

Location:
Cluain Caoin Cairill, Co. na Gaillimhe
Teacher:
Theresa M. Hurley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0078, Page 380

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    One bill.
    12. Four little bottles turned upside down on the top of a hill and can never spill
    A cow's four teats.
    13. What walks on the top of its head?
    A nail in your boot.
    14. A ha'penny wet and a ha'penny dry, 6 1/2d and a hapenny by, a ha'penny behind and a ha'penny before, 6 1/2 d and a ha'penny more.
    15. Take your own advice and carry him far away and tie him to a tráithnín between two cocks of hay.
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