School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)

Location:
Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 008

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 008

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  1. 1. Cork and Kerry, Londonderry, come spell me that with out a K? Ans "that'
    2. Round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man? Answer a penny
    3. Three half cakes three whole cakes three quarters of another divided between the fiddler and his wife and the piper and his mother? Answer the fiddler's wife and the piper's mother
    4. What has a head and cannot move it. Answer "a pen!'
    5. Why did the boy call his
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Children of Rosmead School