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School: Forgney, Ballymahon (roll number 860)

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Forgney, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Mrs B. Higgins
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    7.
    Flour from Ireland, fruit from Spain,
    Met together in a shower of rain,
    Put in a bag, tied with a string,
    Riddle me that and I'll give you a ring.
    Answer. A Barnbrack.
    8.
    Riddle me riddle me randy
    My father's legs are bandy,
    And if he heard me saying that,
    He'd put me in the crandy.
    Answer: A Frog.
    9.
    As I went up to Dublin, I saw a small block,
    Four and twenty carpenters were working at that,
    Some with blue bonnets and some with straw hats,
    And if you were a scholar, you'd riddle me that.
    Answer: Flies on a cowdung
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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