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School: Kiffa

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Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Helen Dinneen
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 103

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    Once there was a horse called Good Friday and he was running on Easter Monday and he fell so therefore Good Friday fell on Easter Monday.
    Q. Long legs, crooked thighs, little head and no eyes. The tongs.
    Q. Two M, two A, two R and a G come here and spell this riddle for me. Grammar.
    Q. As round as an apple as flat as a pan on one side a woman and the other the head of a man. A penny.
    Q. A pot of porridge hot, a pot of porridge cold, a pot of porridge in a pot nine days old spell me that without a P. That.
    Q. What is full and still holds? A pot of potatoes.
    Q. What month do the ladies wear there gloves least
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