School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)

Location:
Carrigans, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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    cold?
    Answer.- Heat for anybody could catch the cold.
    As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives, each wife had seven sacks and each sack had seven cats, and each cat had seven kits, kits, cats, men, wives, how many of us were going to St Ives.
    Answer.- One.
    Why is a butcher like a cook?
    Answer.- Because he dresses hare.
    What is full and yet can hold more
    Answer.- A pot of potatoes because it can hold water.
    What goes round the house and a plaster of pairs after it?
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