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School: Eileastrom (2)

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Ellistrin Big, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire Nic Uilcín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 207

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    in that ship his daughter sat and I'll be slain for telling her name and that three times I told it?
    A. Ann.
    Q. What is it when you cut a piece off it makes it longer.
    A. A grave.
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    Q. What lived before Adam and will live for evermore and it was only a month, when Adam was four score?
    A. The moon
    Q. What has two hands and it can not wash its own face?
    A. A clock.
    Q. A very round head a very long neck and two. very long legs?
    A. A pair of tongs.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Moses Stewart
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnavern, Co. Donegal