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School: Colthurst, Ráth Cúil

Location:
Rathcool, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0360, Page 008

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0360, Page 008

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    would it be? Wet.
    A quadruped, a piece of cloth and the latin word for and. First and second you will reverse and the third you may leave stand. Behead and transpose and Ivy leaf and if you are not a fool you will find the name and surname of the maid of sweet Rathcoole.
    Margaret Faelvy.{?]
    What has three feet, and no legs? 36 inches
    Here I stand, far off I see a blackbird on a willow tree?
    A Sloe.
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb churches, steeples and all.
    Sun.
    Backwards and forwards 'tis spelled all the same, a pretty
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