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School: Luggacurran (2), Stradbally (roll number 16576)

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Luggacurren, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Mrs. Delaney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0837, Page 309

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    Riddles
    Q. As I was going to the fair of Athy, I met seven men and their seven wives Each man had a sack, and each sack had a cat and each cat had a kitten. How many were going to the fair of Athy?
    A One person
    Q. A duck before a duck, a duck behind a duck and a duck between two ducks, how many are there in all.
    A. Three Ducks.
    Q. What is it that when you cut a piece off it the longer it gets?
    A. A Grave.
    Q. Twenty sick sheep went out a gap, one died, how many came
    A. 19.
    Q. Black and white and read all over.
    A. A News_paper
    Q. Tripping the ditches, ripping the hedges, a little brown cow with two -
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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