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School: Ceathrú Clochar

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Rocksborough South, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Pléimeann
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  1. The Blessed Well in Ballinaya

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Hamrogue
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Ballinrobe Demesne, Co. Mayo

  2. Puzzles

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    What has a head, but no face, answer a match.
    What is it that runs fast and yet has no legs. Water.
    What is it, its once a month, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years, the letter M. What is the smallest room in the world. a mushrun.
    What is the least valuable thing a person can have in his pocket answer a hole.
    It is full of holes and still it holds water. a spunch [?]. What word of five letters get smaller when you ade two letters to it. small.
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