School: Barnaran, Rathangan (roll number 10454)

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   There is another field near Lullymore Graveyard called the Infirmary field and it is called that because monks were buried in it in olden times.

   There is a village called Lullymore about six miles from Rathangan. The meaning of Lullymore is the grazing plain.

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   1. Which is the right end of a sod of turf? Ans. Ashes. 2. Why does a cow look over the ditch? Ans. Because she cant look under it. 3. Two feet under and three overhead the head of the living in the mouth of the death? Ans. A man with a pot on his head. 4. Why does a hen pick a pot? Ans. Because she cant lick it. 5. What is it that is too short and if you take a piece off it it will be long enough? Ans. A grave. 6. When is a clock hungry? Ans. When its going to eight. 7. What is it a white hen can do that a black hen cant? Ans. The white hen can show a white feather and the black hen

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Ní Giolla Phádruig

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   11

   Address

   Lullymore East, Co. Kildare