School: Tuar, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 15526)

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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   Q Twelve little children all the one colour. Hard working father and a lazy old mother?
   A The face of a clock
   Q A little black cow lying by the wall she eats all she gets and she drinks none at all
   A A fire
   Q Twenty four white cows lying by the wall. Up comes a red bull and licks them all?
   A Your teeth and your tongue
   Q What flies without wings
   A Dust
   Q What runs without legs
   A A river
   Q Two "n"s two "o"s and l and as D put them together and spell it for me?
   A London

   

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2. Storm

   

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   There was a great storm in the year 1903. It was on the 24 of February. There were no lives lost in this district but there was a great deal of damage done to the property of the people. Trees were rooted up and flung across the road. Hay was blown

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   Topics

   1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sheila Cummins

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gortnaskehy, Co. Tipperary