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School: Sean-Mhachaire (roll number 17015)

Location:
Shanvaghera, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Máille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0108, Page 326

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    Why is the letter D like a marriage ring?
    There was once two brothers and they were born in March and their birth day was in September one of them was twenty when the other was twenty too, one of them married his mother and the other one died(dyed) an old maid. How was that?
    Why is the letter G in Matrimony?
    Why is the crow supposed to be a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mamie Carney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Eden, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Miss Annie Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Eden, Co. Mayo