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School: Rahan (B.)

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Rahan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
L. Ó Reannacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 167

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    (1) A quick father a slow mother twelve little children all like one another.
    (A) a clock
    (2) A little white man with a small white nose, the longer he lives the shorter he grows??
    (A) a Candle
    (3) headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you will never guess that?
    (A) A pipe
    (4) As black as ink as white as milk and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Condron
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glaskill, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    William Craven
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glaskill, Co. Offaly