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School: Ballysadare (C.) (roll number 9922)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0176, Page 137

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    Killed his mother, buried his father, married his sister and never committed a crime or a sin.
    A. A Priest
    Round the house and round the house and drags her guts after her.
    A. A hen and a clutch of chickens
    What's the difference between a telegraph pole and bottle of castor oil?
    A. One is hard to get up and the other is hard to get down.
    Soft in the middle and hard all round.
    A. A Bed.
    I have a little brown cow tied to the wall and she'd eat all the hay from
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    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Theresa O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baile Easa Dara, Co. Shligigh