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School: Lowtown (C.), Galbally

Location:
Lowe's Town, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 510

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    A bottomless barrel
    Tis shaped like a hive
    Tis filled full of flesh
    And the flesh is alive.
    Tailors thimble.
    What is lengthened by being but at both sides? A ditch
    If all the seas were dried up, what would all the people say? We haven't a notion (an ocean)
    What is worse than raining cats and dogs?
    Hailing friends.
    Why is a little dog's tail like a the bark of a tree? Because it's farthest from the bark.
    How can you shoot hundreds of "hares" with one shot?
    Fire at a wig.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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