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School: Ballinamona

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Ballynamona, Co. Cavan
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Michael Mc Keon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1007, Page 025

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Heery
    Gender
    Male

  2. Riddles

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    2.
    I got it when I was not looking for it,
    When I sat down to look for it I could not get it
    When I could not get it I had to bring it home with me.
    Answer A thorn in your foot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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