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

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Dún Bleisce, Co. Luimnigh
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An tSr. Regis
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    (b) Umbrella
    What is full of pains and cannot feel them!
    A window.
    Luke had it before him, Paul had it behind him, Miss Mulligan had it in two places until she married Patrick Murphy, then she lost it.
    The letter "L".
    When was beef the highest?
    When the cow went over the moon.
    What side of an ass has the most hair?
    The outside.
    Which is it, the yoke of an egg is white or the yoke are white?
    None of them, because the yoke is yellow.
    Hard working father, lazy old mother & twelve children all the one colour.
    A clock.
    It is as black as ink, as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstones.
    A magpie.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baile Chaoimhín, Co. Thiobraid Árann
    Informant
    John Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile Chaoimhín, Co. Thiobraid Árann