School: Kilsarcon (B.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 14797)

Location:
Kilsarkan West, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Murchadha
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    Answer a stamp.
    Tom lit with the red nose, the longer he lives the shorter he grows.
    Answer a candle.
    Deep deep in the earth is the place of my birth.
    I am as black as night that your home I make bright?
    Answer. A sod of turf.
    Whitie told whitie turn whitie out of white?
    Answer. The white man told the white dog to turn the whiter cow out of the white cabbage.
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