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School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)

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Cluainteach, Co. an Longfoirt
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Garaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0756, Page 018

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    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    T. Cliontún
    Gender
    Unknown

  2. Riddles

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    What has legs and cannot run? A stool
    What goes round the wood and round the wood and never touches the wood?
    A [?] in a man's pocket.
    What stands one side of the wood and eats on the other?
    A pig eating out of a trough.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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