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School: Tashinny, Colehill (roll number 10223)

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Taghshinny, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Annie Trimble
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 34A

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    As I was going to St Eaves I met a man with seven wives and every wife had seven sacks and every sack had seven cats and every cat had seven kits how many were going to St Eaves.
    One, they were coming from St Eaves and I was gong to St Eaves.
    Constaninople is a very big word spell it.
    It.
    How many sticks go to a crows nest.
    None because they are all carried
    What king wore the biggest crown.
    The king with the biggest head.
    As black as ink it is not as white as milk and milk it is not, it hops on the road like a marble stone and a marble stone it is not.
    A magpy
    If you fell of a monument what would you fall against.
    Your will
    What has no legs and can run very fast
    A water tap
    What is the difference between a hill and a pit
    One takes a lot of getting up and the other takes a lot of getting down
    Why is a member of Parliament like a stamp
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eric Glynne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    10
    Address
    Colehill, Co. Longford