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School: Allenwood

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Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 386

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 386

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    he was going through a graveyard and he saw a robins nest in a skull and he made up the riddle about the nest. This was the riddle. "As I walked out, as I walked in, I saw the dead that life lay in, Six there were, and three that fled, Riddle me that or hang me dead."
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    A Protestant asked a priest to dinner one day, and it happened to be on a Friday. When the dinner was ready
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