School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Béal an Átha Móir, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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- Q. "Up chip-cherry, down chip-cherry, all the men in Derry wouldn't climb chip-cherry?"
A. SmokeQ. "Forty sheep went out on a gap and forty more came back, six, seven, ten, eleven. Two and three how many is that?"
A. FiveQ. "Four stick standers, four diddly danders. Two hookers, two lookers and a wagger?"
A. A cowQ. "Long legs, short thighs, little head and no eyes?"
A. A tongsQ. "As round as an apple, as flat as a pan. One side a woman and the other a man?"
A. A penny- Collector
- Pádraic Mac an Ghallóglaigh
- Gender
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- Address
- Droim Raithin, Co. Liatroma