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School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)

Location:
Baile an Oileáin, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
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    lump of coal.
    54. What is the difference between a hungry man and a glutton? - one longs to eat and the other eats too long.
    55. Humpty dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty dumpty got a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put humpty dumpty together again - an egg.
    56. How do you know was Adam a good runner - because he came first in the human race.
    57. Under fire, over fire and never touches fire - a cake in an oven.
    58. What is always at the back of the hand? - the wrist.
    59. The more you take from it the bigger 'tis getting. - a grave.
    60. What is always a foot? - twelve inches.
    61. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever but you couldn't guess that - a pipe.
    62. The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile Uí Aichir, Co. Chiarraí
    Informant
    Michael O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Baile Uí Aichir, Co. Chiarraí