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School: Scoil an Chlochair, Dún Bleisce (roll number 14625)

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Dún Bleisce, Co. Luimnigh
Teacher:
An tSr. Regis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0519, Page 210

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    It is bought by the length and worn by the feet. A boot
    I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in town would not count all the windows in it. A thimble
    I washed my hands in the water that never rained nor ran, and I dried them in a towel that was never woven nor spun. (I washed them in dew and dried them in Sun)
    Under the fire and over the fire never touches the fire. A cake in an over
    What goes away between
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