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School: Cor na Marbh (roll number 10222)

Location:
Cornamarve, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eibhlín (Ní) Irbhin
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    “What can be filled twice.”

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    Dear Florn please meet me at the Crown hotel at five o'clock yours .D Bob Janner.
    A lazy mother a hard working father twelve black children and a whitewashed floor.
    A Clock.
    How would you make a pair of trousers last.
    Make the coat and waistcoat first.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    W.J. Mason
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnacorkoge, Co. Leitrim