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School: Cornagon (roll number 15690)

Location:
Cornagon, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Frank Heeran
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    round the house and round the house and leaves a ray in every bush. The mist. As round as an apple. As high as a jail. Never aries out till it is caught by the tail. A bell. It is in the meadow but it is never cut. It is in the shop but it is never sold. The sun. . There is an old woman in every house and all she puts from her at day-time she puts it over her at night. The fire. What is the lest valuable thing a man can have in his pocket. A hole.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nell Canning
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corgallion, Co. Leitrim