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School: Drumcoghill

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Drumcoghill Lower, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
Bean Uí Iomaire
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    No 2. If Dick's father was Tom's son what relation was Dick to Tom?
    Grandfather.
    No 3. A ropemaker's daughter was married to a soapmaker. The fortune he gave her was twenty ropes, on every (knot) rope twenty knots, on every knot twenty purses, in every purse twenty pence.
    What was her dowry?
    No 4. Two women were going to market one day with eggs. Said one to the other " give me one of your eggs, and I'll have as many as you".
    "No", said the other, "give me one of yours and I'll have twice as many as you."
    How many has each? 5 and 7.
    No 5. Your uncle has a brother who is not your uncle. What relation is he to you? Father.
    No 6. It grows in the wood and sounds in the town, and earns its master many a pound. A fiddle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs A. Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    An Chorr, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    H. Montgomery
    Age
    68
    Address
    An Chorr, Co. an Chabháin