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School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)

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Three Trees, Co. Donegal
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Caitlín A. Scott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 393

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    water.
    A creel of peats a creel of clods a creel of heathery mountain sods.
    Ans. a turf stack.
    Round about. Round about Naked. If yours dosen't stand it mines will make it.
    Ans. Making a pot of porridge.
    High in the heavens its lives
    Low on the earth it abides.
    And up on the mountain tops for aye. And on the cops aside
    I went down to the wood and got it and sat down and looked for it and came home with out it.
    Ans. A thorn in my foot.
    When does a peat-cutter rest
    Ans. When he has them cut.
    What needle has an eye on the point of it.
    Ans. A machine needle.
    What tree grows nearest the beach.
    Ans. Ans A beech tree.
    Why is anumbrella's life a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Allen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Three Trees, Co. Donegal