School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown

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Merginstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Áine Ní Fhearrachtáin
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  2. Q. Who is it that marries many a wife still lives single all his life?
    Ans. A priest
    Q. As I looked out through the window I saw the dead carrying the live?
    A. A train.
    Q. What goes up a ladder with its head downwards?
    A. A nail in a man's boot.
    2. If a poker cost one and sixpence and a tongs
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