School: An Teampoll Geal, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 3549)

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Whitechurch, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Liam Ó Faoláin
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    Once upon a time there lived a widow who had a son in Africa in the war.

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
        2. jokes (~6,086)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Máireadh Ní Ciosáin
    Gender
    Female
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    Knocknaskagh Lower, Co. Waterford
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    What is the least valuable thing a person can have in their pocket?

    What is the least valuable thing a person can have in their pocket?
    Ans. A hole
    What roof covers the most noisy tenant.
    Ans. The roof of your mouth
    When is an apple like a bell
    Ans. When it is peeled
    What is the smallest room in the world
    Ans. A mushroom
    Under the water and over the water and never touches the water
    Ans. The moon
    Got from: My mother 50 years
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  3. One day a man went to fight her. He had a hazel stick a holly stick and a blackthorn stick on her and still she did not go but she had to fly from the holly stick because it was blessed.
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