School: Allenwood

Location:
Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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  1. Riddles
    Q. Think, Hank under the bank, ten drawing four.
    A. A Woman milking a cow.
    Q. There is a little thing it sits in the ditch with a green gown and a yellow cap.
    A. A buttercup.
    Q. A leaper of ditches, a cropper of thorns, a tight little fellow with two leather horns.
    A. A Hare.
    Q. Twenty sick sheep went out in a gap one died and how many came back.
    A. 19.
    Q. As I went up the hill of
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English