School: Baile Thomáis, Gabhailín (roll number 15407)

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   Little red Nancy standing in the hall the longer she stands the quicker she goes. A lighting candle. Why are the measurements of the ocean called knots. If that was not so they could not have the ocean tide. Why is a blanket compared to a railway line. Because they are both laid on sleepers. As round as a marble as steep as a cup and all the King's horses could not pull it up. A well.

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2. Riddles

   

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   Lizzie, Elizabeth, Betty and Bess went over the river to seek a birds nest. There were four eggs in it and each took an egg and how many were left. Four.
   As i was going up Baker St., I met three Christian people and they were not men women or children.
   A man, a woman and a child.
   As I was going to St. Ives I met a man and his five wives. Each wife had a bag. In each bag there was a cat. Each cat had four

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