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School: Camphill (B.) (roll number 1347)

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Michael Harte
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    the train.
    8.Q. Two fathers and two sons divide 3 pounds between them if each get a pound how is that.
    A. A grandfather a father and a son.
    9.Q. Sixteen men under an umbrella and never got wet.
    A. It wasn't raining.
    10.Q. The man that made it didn't want it, and the man that bought it never used it and the man that wore never saw it.
    A. A coffin.
    11.Q. What is hard water.
    A. Ice
    12. Q. How much space does a hen take up at night.
    A. A perch.
    13. Why isn't Teelings[?] hand more than eleven inches long.
    A. Because if it was twelve inches it would be a foot.
    14.Q. What living creature never
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Albert Mc Donagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Cnoc Beag Thiar, Co. Shligigh
    Informant
    Francis Mc Donagh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54