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School: Ballykelly

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Baile Uí Cheallaigh, Co. Loch Garman
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Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 231

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    Four legs up and four legs down soft in the middle and hard all round. What is that?
    A bed.
    Four lillie-landers two sticks standers
    two lookaders two crookeders and a wack-about. What is that?
    A cow.
    Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Because she can't lick it.
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