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School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)

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Cashel, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0122, Page 320

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    seven men and their wives, each man had a sack in each sack there was a cat every cat had seven kittens, between sacks, cats, and kittens, how many were going to the fair. Ans. One.
    18. I have a garden, a garden of rods and no one can count them but the hands of God.
    Ans. The hairs on your head.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Moore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Anne Moore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowcanada, Co. Mayo