School: Baile Uí Mhuinghile (roll number 8284)

Location:
Ballymonally, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Mac Gearailt
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    If a ton of coal cost £0:16:6 what would twenty ton come to?

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    8. It is under the fire and its over the fire never touches it. - A cake in an oven.
    9. I went into the wood and I got it I sat down and looked at it I came home with it and I could not help it. = A thorn in my foot.
    10. Jenny Jones sitting in her cage her children died with age and herself is going to die to day. = A fire in a grate.
    11. A long legged father a big belly mother and three little children the same as each other. = A pot and hangers.
    12. Patch upon patch without any stitches. = A head of cabbage.
    13. Where was Sir Francis Drake going when he was thirty-five years of age. = Into his thrifty sixth year.
    14. What comes after cheese. = A
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Nic Aoidh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tomás Mac Aoidh
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo