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School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)

Location:
Dún Fhlainn Uachtarach, Co. Shligigh
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 051

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    cut and never eaten.
    Answer: A pack of cards.
    20. Long legs, crooked thighs, small head and no eyes.
    Answer: A tongs
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    1. As I was going to London I saw a great wonder, ten pots boiling and no fire under.
    Answer: Ten pumps of water
    2. As I looked across London wall, I saw a man that had a call, his head was flesh, his mouth was horn and such a man was never born.
    Answer: A cup.
    3. What goes away under the ground and returns under it.
    Answer: A man with sods on his head.
    4. Twenty sick sheep went out a gap, one died, how many left.
    Answer: Nineteen
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    Collector
    Mary Jane James
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fearann Uí Tharpaigh, Co. Shligigh