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School: Eachroim (roll number 14684)

Location:
Aughrim, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 243

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    As round as an apple, as flat as a pan,
    One side a woman and the other side a man
    A penny.
    As round as an apple, as deep as a cup,
    All the men in Derry could not lift it up.
    A well.
    What town spells the same backwards as forwards?
    Navan.
    What do we see every day yet we never saw it before?
    A dog's tail.
    What goes round the wood and round the wood and never goes into the wood?
    The bark of a tree.
    (continues on next page)
    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