School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown
- Location:
- Merginstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Áine Ní Fhearrachtáin
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- Q. Who is it that marries many a wife still lives single all his life?
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- Annie Deering
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- Lemonstown, Co. Wicklow