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School: Shinrone (B.)

Location:
Shinrone, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
William Mac Mahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0819, Page 009

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    As I went up a hill I met a motor car two white men and one black man the two white men eat the black man what was the number of car? 281.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all? The sun.? A.G.E.
    Spell broken down hedge in three letters? G.A.P.
    What part of you goes in the door the first? Your breath.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Curtis
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Galbally, Co. Offaly

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    What is always behind time?
    The back of the clock.
    Why is E a laxy letter? because it is
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