School: Convent of Mercy, An Pasáiste, Corcaigh

Location:
Passage West, Co. Cork
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0390, Page 172

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0390, Page 172

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    Going to school long ago we used to have what we considered a very smart question to put to a new boy. We used to ask him to read "1/6 & I went into the 5/= Hotel to dine on the 1d of a bird". : -
    The translation being Bob Tanner and I went into the Crown Hotel to dine on the wing of a bird."
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    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
            1. calling animals (~71)
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