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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceann tSáile (roll number 4572)

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Kinsale, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An tSr. De Pazzi
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0320, Page 031

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  3. XML “Scoil na gCeard”
  4. XML “Riddles”

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  1. Scoil na gCeard (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    go raibh na Sasanaigh i gcionnaibh iománuidheacht agus gur dheineadar a ndicheal cun cosg a chur leis an gcaitheamh aimsire Ghaodhlac san.
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  2. Riddles

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    1.
    As I went down West Minster Bridge I met a West Minster scholar. He took off his hat and drew off his gloves, come tell me the name of the scholar?
    Ans. Andrew.
    2.
    Through a rock, through a wheel, through an old spinning wheel, through a basin full of pepper, through an old sheep's throttle, through a horse's skin and bone such a riddle was never known.
    Ans. A worm.
    3.
    What always goes around and stops at the back door.
    Ans. The broom.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. O' Driscoll
    Gender
    Unknown