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School: Grian Airbh (Graine), Urlingford (roll number 6017)

Location:
Graine, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhubhshláine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0867, Page 191

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    choke.
    Answer. A fire
    As I walked up the hill of younder I saw twenty four blackbirds tearing the hill asunder.
    A harrow.
    As I walked and as I read I saw the living flying out of the dead.
    Seven flew and six stayed riddle me that and I am living to be dead.
    Thirteen wrens flying out of a dead horse's head
    God never sees it, the King seldom sees it, and we see it every day of the week.
    An Equal.
    The beginning of eternity the end of time and space the beginning of every end and the end of every place.
    The letter E.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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