School: Cill Chuana (roll number 12782)

Location:
Kilcoona, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Conáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0036

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    and locked them all.
    Your teeth and tongue. Big, fat mother, three little children as big as each other. A pot.
    What goes up when the rain comes down. An umbrella.
    What is it the more you take the more you leave behind. Your footsteps.
    What did God never see. His own equal.
    What goes all over Ireland and never stops. The road.
    It rises, it falls, it travels and it wear shoes but it never has any. A football.
    Enk, ank, under the bank, ten drawing four. A woman milking a cow.
    What is the difference between a soldier and a young lady.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    English