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School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)

Location:
Cloontagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Garaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0756, Page 016

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    As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Derry would not lift it up?
    A well.
    Under the coals and over the coals and never touches the the coals?
    A cake on a pan.
    What is full and can hold more?
    A pot of potatoes, it can still hold the water when full of potatoes.
    A bridge on a lake without stick or stone.
    A sheet of ice.
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    What workman never turns to the left?
    A wheelwright.
    What is the only thing that can live in a fire?
    A live coal.
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