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School: Cúlfada (roll number 13763)

Location:
Coill Fhada, Co. Shligigh
Teacher:
Liam Barún
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    arrange them.
    When is a schoolmaster like a man with one eye
    When he has a vacancy for a pupil
    Why is a large kingdom like a brown study.
    Because it is a roomy nation
    Why are balloons like vagrants
    They have no visible means of support
    What goes most against a farmer's grain?
    A reaping machine.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Berty Keville
    Gender
    Male