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School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)

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Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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    There is a useful article and when it is bought it is never lent. The man who buys does not want it and the man that wants it knows nothing of it.
    A coffin.
    He is knott in Drogheda. He is knott in Dublin. He is knott dead and he is knott alive and still he is in Drogheda spinning thread.
    A man named Mr. Knott
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Neill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mary Street, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr Christopher O' Neill
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Mary Street, Co. Louth