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School: Na Cloichíní, Carraig Ruacháin (roll number 12676)

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Clogheen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Coisdealbha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0349, Page 258

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    As I went up a slippery gap I met my auntie Jonie she had timber toes and an iron nose and upon my word she frightened the crows. What was it.
    A gun.
    Riddle me riddle me randy o my father gave me seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white riddle me that and I will buy you a pipe.
    A newspaper.
    Why is a bannana like the letter F
    Because they both make all fall.
    Why was George Washington different from any other American
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