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School: Clochar na Trócaire (Maothal) (roll number 13770)

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Mohill, Co. Leitrim
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An tSr. Mícheal le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0216, Page 192

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    as sharp as a glance, if you got up on it would carry you to France. Ans The Moon.
    It grows in the wood it sounds in the town and makes many a pound for its master.
    Ans. A Fiddle.
    Four sticks standers
    Four diddle danders, two lookers, two crookers, and one wagging. Answer A Cow.
    As round as a pan, one side a woman, and the other a man. Answer A penny.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Teresa Rowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mohill, Co. Leitrim