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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Gráig na Manach

Location:
Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. Agatha
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    Riddles
    she, "I would want as much more and five before I would have forty" How many had she?
    Forteen.
    10. If a brick weighs three pounds and half a brick find the weight of a brick and a half.
    Nine pounds.
    11. If coal is half a crown a cut in Graig what would turnips be in Ross. A good feed for cows.
    12. Which is the heaviest a stone of led or a stone of feathers.
    They both weigh a stone.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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