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School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)

Location:
Clontuskert, Co. Galway
Teacher:
(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029C, Page 02_053

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  1. Hard Words

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    Hard Words
    Wantonly, cultivated, mollifed, divorced, accommodation, dovecote, elegant, casual, ginnling, deftly, delicacy, caman, mullin, forays, resented, concealed, evidence, continuance, hypocrite, indolent, refrain, praiseworthy, harass, molest.
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    Collector
    Máire Ní Loircean
    Gender
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  2. Riddles

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    VI
    "As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, and all the men in Ireland could not pull it up"? "A Well".
    VII
    "As I was running a thing I found, And as to find it I searched around, And when I could not find it, I kept it all day, and if I could find it I would throw it away"? "A Thorn."
    VIII
    "What is like half the moon"? "The other half."
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