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School: Coolanarney

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Coolanarney, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
D. Mac Gairbhíth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 208

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    40. Two A's, two R's two M's and a G
    Put them together and spell them for me -
    Grammar.
    41. What is it that wears out many pairs of shoes yet never wears any -
    A skipping rope.
    42. What is the least valuable thing in a man's pocket -
    A hole.
    43. What is the strangest[?] thing in the world -
    A snail
    44. A little red and round house and it is full of meat but it has no doors or windows to let me into eat -
    An egg.
    45. Black and white and red all over -
    A newspaper.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    English