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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

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Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 083

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    she fled with Our Lord into Egypt.
    Q "How many calves tails would it take to reach the moon?
    A One if the tail were long enough.
    Q "Where do soldiers go after the long march?
    A Into April.
    Q "My back is bare my belly is thin, I wore my guts outside my skin, I'm scratched and tore but never wore the more I'm scratched the more I roar?
    A A fiddle.
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  2. A Story of a Haunted House

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    Eamon Cass
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