School: Castlegannon, Mullinavat (roll number 13028)

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1. Leac an Rince (continued)

   

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   gold one man must lift the stone. It would require more than twenty men to lift it, for it is about twenty tons in weight. From time to time men went alone with a lantern to lift the stone, but they failed, so the gold is there still.

   

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   "Little red Heifer close by the wall. Eats dry fodder and drinks none at all?" A Fire. "Why is the Policeman blamed for an orange rind on the pavement?" Because it is the "Peeler's" fault. "What went to America and came back again because it wouldn't go?" A Watch. "Why is a pig in a parlour like a house on fire?" Because the sooner it is put out the better. "It is black and white and it hops on the road like hail-stones?" A magpie. A man was going to be hanged and the Judge told him that if he could give out a riddle

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

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