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School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown

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Baile Uí Mheirgin, Co. Chill Mhantáin
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Áine Ní Fhearrachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 241

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    What goes round and round the wood and never goes into the wood?
    The bark of a tree.
    What is it that goes up the chimney down and can't come down the chimney up?
    An Umbrella.
    A houseful, a roomful, and you could not catch a spoonful?
    Smoke.
    What is the difference between a carriage wheel and a carriage horse?
    One goes better when it is tired (tyred) the other does'nt
    What goes through a bush without touch-
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