School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

Location:
Ballyfin, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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  2. You gather a number of children and devide them into two different parts, having the same number of children in one part as the other. They draw a line and put one line of children standing at it. They draw another line some distance away from the first, and put the other line of children standing at it. One line of children think of some-
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