School: Granard (B.) (Muire Gan Smál) (roll number 13963)

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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   235
   Riddles.
   Ans. A window
   Im full of leaves, Im not a tree, What am I.
   Ans. A book.

   I have a little round house and it is full of milk, but it has no doors or windows to let me in to eat.
   Ans. an egg.
   Michael Finnegan,
   Std 7

   

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2. The Tailor and the Fairy

   

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   235 The Tailor and the Fairy. Tommy Woods a tailor was fond of going to fairs, patterns and wakes. He did not earn much money. He asked his neighbour (Sean Ruadh) how to get money easily. He told him to go to the fort at 12 oc at night and he would see a lepruachaun making a boot under a tree. He also told him not to loop around him or he would loose lepreachaun. "What do yo want" said the

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael J. Flynn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymacroly, Co. Longford