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School: Drumbaragh (roll number 10801)

Location:
Drumbaragh, Co. Meath
Teachers:
M. Brighid Bean Uí Draoighneáin
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    1. Deep it is and damp it is,
    And green about the banks it is,
    And fit for any Lord it is
    GRAVE
    2. The cross of a plough turns up the green
    The keil of a ship seldom is seen
    Put 'a' in the middle without any more
    And spell me a town between Navan and Ford.
    CROSSAKIEL
    3. I have a little house,
    And it wouldnt fit a mouse,
    And it has as many windows,
    As the Lord Mayor's House.
    THIMBLE
    4. As I went out my Grandfather gap,
    I met my uncle Davy,
    I cracked his heart and drank his blood,
    And I left him lying aisy
    BLACKBERRY
    5. As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a man and the other a women.
    PENNY'
    6. Twenty sick sheep went out a gap one died how many came back.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Black
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Commons of Lloyd, Co. Meath