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School: Granard (B.) (Muire Gan Smál) (roll number 13963)

Location:
Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
León Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 232

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    A. A Plumpudding.
    Q. What goes round the house and
    round the house and sleeps in the
    corner at night.
    A. A twig
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Old mother Twickett had but one eye. And every time she went over a gap. She left a bit of her tail in a trap.
    A. A needle an thread.
    As soft as silk, as white as milk, as bitter as gall, as strong as a wall, and a green coat covers me. all.
    A A walnut.
    Joseph Coyle Std 6
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Coyle
    Gender
    Male