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School: Eiscreach (roll number 13945)

Location:
Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0153, Page 106

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    with a thimble.
    6. Alive in front, dead in the middle, and baptized behind? Sol. A man ploughing (horse, plough & man).
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    1. Formed long ago; yet made today;
    employed while others sleep; what few would like to give away, or any wish to keep? Solution: A bed.
    2. It's in the marrow but not in the bone; it's in the rock, but not in the stone:; it's in the minister, but not in his people; it's in the church, but not in the steeple? The letter "r".
    3. Four little rooms, and one little hall, and one man's hand would fill them all ?
    Sol. A glove.
    4. What is deeper than the sea? A tailors thimble
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Ellen O' Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corvoderry, Co. Mayo