School: Coppena, Graiguenamanagh (roll number 1152)
- Location:
- Coppanagh, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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“One night he was going across a field which contained a rath from his own house to O Neill's Ballyogan.”
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An apple tree in winter . 2. The longer it lives the short it grows.
Lighted Candle.3. The man who made it didn't wear it and the man who wore it didn't see it.
A coffin. 4. Neither inside nor outside the house does it lie and yet every day surely it I espy.
A window 5. It opens like a barn door and sets like a trap and you'd think of fifty things before you'd think of that.
the mouth 6. Why does a cow look over a ditch
because she couldnt look under it. 7. Riddle me riddle me rantio, my Father gave me some seeds to sow.(continues on next page)