School: Drumconrath (B.) (roll number 16143)

Location:
Drumcondra, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Patrick Cassidy
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  1. Fire over
    Fire over it and fire under and never tips the fire
    Answer= A cake of bread in an oven
    Patch upon patch without any stitches
    Answer= a head of cabbage
    Riddle ree has an eye and can't see
    Answer= a needle
    Riddle riddle ranty roe my father gave me seeds to sow.The seed was white and the ground was black riddle me that and I'll give you my pipe.
    Answer= Hail Stones
    I met a man and a man on a narrow old lane said the man to the man "where have you been"? I have been in the fields hunting the
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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