School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)
- Location:
- Teerelton, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Murchadha
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I picked up a thing any one could eat.
It was not fish, flesh or bone.
And it three weeks time it walked alone.?
An egg. What nation does a criminal dread.
Condemnation.Why is a pup's tail like the heart of a tree?
It is farthest from the bark. - Why is a schoolmaster like a stationmaster?
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