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School: Stamullen (roll number 3181)

Location:
Stamullen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Ghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0685, Page 382

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    As round as an apple as deep as a pail and it never cries out till its caught by the tail. A bell.
    Patches on the top of patches and no stitches. A head of cabbage.
    When was beef the highest? When the cow jumped over the moon.
    Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever but you would not guess that? A pipe.
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