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School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)

Location:
Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 023

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    What goes under and over the fire and never touches the fire?
    Ans, a cake in a bastible.
    eight arms no hand a wooden leg but cannot stand, it is often wet but cannot feel, has no shoes but shod with steel?
    Ans, an umbrella.
    Thirty-six white cows tied to a wall out came a red one and licked them all?
    Ans, teeth and tongue.
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