School: Drumbaragh (roll number 10801)

Location:: Drumbaragh, Co. Meath
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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. 19
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Topics
1. genre
  verbal arts (~1,483)
  riddles (~7,209)
Language

English
Informant
Mrs Black
Relation

Parent
Gender

Female
Address

Commons of Lloyd, Co. Meath

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