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School: Howth (C.)

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Binn Éadair, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
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M. Ní Bhuain
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    40. I went up the road and down the road and carried the road on my back?
    A ladder.
    Mr C. Rourke,
    56 St Peter's Tce,
    Howth
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    41. What goes up a ladder with its head down?
    A nail in a man's boot.
    Mr James Rickard,
    St Laurence's Road,
    Howth
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    Language
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    Informant
    Ignatius O' Rourke
    Gender
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    Binn Éadair, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath

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    44. What is as round as an apple, as flat as a pan, half a woman and half a man?
    A penny.
    Mrs Manley,
    Ivor Lodge,
    Howth
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