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School: Coill Sailighe (roll number 4855)

Location:
Kilsallagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Ghiobáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138, Page 251

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  2. Riddles

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    It opens like a barn door it shuts like a trap and its many a thing you will think of before you thing of that. An umbrella.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the kings horses could not pull it up
    A Spring Well.
    Little little little smaller than a mouse yet it has more windows than in a kings house. A thimble.
    As I looked out my window I saw the dead carrying the living. A
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