School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)

Location:
Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Donnchadh Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 003

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  3. XML “Buried Treasure”
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  2. Riddles
    Up high, down low, wears bolts and has none? A football
    There is a little man, he stands in the field, if you touch his hand his nose will bleed? A pump
    Eight arms, no hand, a wooden leg but cannot stand, its often wet but cannot feel, its made so round and bound with steel? An umbrella
    As I went out a slippery gap, I met my Auntie Mary, she had iron nose
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