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School: Coolanarney

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Coolanarney, Co. Offaly
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D. Mac Gairbhíth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 214

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    middle, riddle me that and I will give you a fiddle -
    An umbrella.
    72. One fine day in the middle of the night, two dead men went out to fright, two blind men were looking on, two cripples ran for the police, two (dummy) dummies shouted hurry on - What is this.
    A lie.
    73. The king of Manchester sent to his sister a bottomless vessel to hold meat -
    A ring.
    74. When was beef the highest -
    When the cow jumped over the moon.
    75. What county in Ireland reminds you of a candle nearly burned out -
    Wicklow.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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