School: Lorrha (C.) (roll number 601)
- Location:
- Lorrha, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Gertrude M. Lee
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- As black as ink, as white as milk, ink or milk it isn't, it hops on the road like a marble stone, and a marble stone it isn't? (A magpie.)What goes away between two woods and comes home between two waters? (A man fetching water in wooden pails)
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- Rosemary Costello
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- As round as an apple, as deep as a pail, it never cries out till it's caught by the tail? (A bell)
What goes from house to house and never moves? (A path.)What turns and never moves? (Milk).Mary Kennedy
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