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School: Ráithín (B.) (roll number 9304)

Location:
An Ráithín, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ua Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 442

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  3. XML “Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh”
  4. XML “Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh”
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  2. Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh

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    Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
    Timcheall fice blian ó shoin do bhí fear ina chomhnuidhe i bPort-Láirge le’n a mhnaoi. Lá amháin do bhí cearc le h-aghaidh an dinnéir acu. D’éirigh argóint eatortha feuchaint ciacu díobh a bhfaghadh an chuid is mó dí. Cé thagfadh isteach an doras cúcha ach l Cearbhaill Ó Dálaigh agus bhíodar sásta le réidhtheach na ceiste d’fágaint do Chearbhaill.
    Seo é an socrú a dhein Cearbhaill:-
    “An ceann do ceann-a thighe,
    Na sciathán áluinn dom bhean,
    Agus an cuirpín ghránda do Cearbhaill Ó Dálaigh”
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  3. Riddles

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    (a) What always walks with its head down
    Answer:= "Nail on your shoe."
    (b) Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you
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