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School: Baile Uí Fhiacháin

Location:
Newport, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
T. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 040

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  1. Local Riddles (continued)

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    Answer: a grave. A flock of white sheep on a red hill here they go, there they go, and now they stand still? Answer: teeth in your gums. Forty sheep went out a gap forty more followed that a shepherd and his dog how many feet went out the gap. Answer: two feet. Black and white horn's on the ground like hail stones? Answer: a magpie.
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