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School: Clodiagh, Inistioge

Location:
Inis Tíog, Co. Chill Chainnigh
Teacher:
Dónall Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 415

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    seven men, with their seven wifes, each wife had seven sacks each sack had seven cats, every cat had seven kittens, between kittens, cats, sacks, and wifes. How many were going to the Fair of St Ives?
    A. One.
    Q. The King of Westminster sent to his sister a bottomless pot to hold raw meat.
    A. A ring on your finger.
    Q. I saw a little man beyond in a field when you pull his leg his nose will bleed?
    A. A pump.
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