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School: Cloncarneel

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Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 184

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    (continued from previous page)
    he ran home to tell his wife. They both came with a big sack to carry off the money. But to their surprise they found their mill only support undermined and fallen.
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  2. A Funny Story

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    6. One time a man was going to be hanged. The judge said to him "If you can give me a riddle that no one here can answer you will be set free".
    The man went out into a graveyard and came in after a while. This is the riddle he gave.
    "As I went out and came in again
    I saw the living, living in the dead
    Five there were and six will be
    (continues on next page)
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0927: Out‑riddling the Judge
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Mc Nally
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncarneel, Co. Meath