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School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)

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Kilnamona, Co. Clare
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Síle Céitinn
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    “Long ago in the parish of Kilnamona there lived an old man...”

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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    2. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
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    English

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    Tomhaiseanna
    1 When is a clock hungry?
    Ans-When it strikes eight.
    2 When is a soldier tired?
    Ans-At the end of a March.
    3 Why doesnt a clock strike thirteen?
    Ans-Because it has not the face to do it.
    4 Why does a hen pick the pot?
    Ans-because she cannot lick it.
    5 As I went out to the garden I met my uncle Davy i cut off his head and left his body easy?
    Ans-A head of cabbage.
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