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School: Lorrha (C.) (roll number 601)

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Lothra, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
Gertrude M. Lee
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 064

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    As black as ink, as white as milk, ink or milk it isn't, it hops on the road like a marble stone, and a marble stone it isn't? (A magpie.)
    What goes away between two woods and comes home between two waters? (A man fetching water in wooden pails)
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    Mary Kennedy
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