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School: Baile Uí Mhuinghile (roll number 8284)

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Ballymonally, Co. Mayo
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Liam Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0133, Page 655

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    “If a ton of coal cost £0:16:6 what would twenty ton come to?”

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    1. If a ton of coal cost £0:16:6 what would twenty ton come to? = Cinders and ashes.
    2. How many nibs will a hen take before she has enough eaten. = One nib
    3. What is the weight of the moon. = Four quarters.
    4. Long and lanky deaf and dumb has no feet but still can run. = The river.
    5. What is full and holds more. = A pot of potatoes.
    6. I know a cow with her back to the wall she would eat all the hay from here to Donegal and if she got water she would not live at all. = A fire.
    7. Why is a piece (of) of (like) wood like a king. = Because a king is the ruler and a piece of wood is also a ruler.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Nic Aoidh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tomás Mac Aoidh
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo