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School: Drumbaragh (roll number 10801)

Location:
Drumbaragh, Co. Meath
Teachers:
M. Brighid Bean Uí Draoighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 424

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A Clock.
    Whats the heaviest part of fish.
    Scales.
    Hoddy, Poddy with a round body and a big tall hat.
    A pot
    A flock of white sheep on a high hill Here they go there they go, never stand at all.
    Teeth.
    How many feet on forty sheep a shepherd and his dog.
    Two.
    As round as an apple,
    As plump as a ball,
    Can climb the church over steeple and all
    The sun.
    I have a little house,
    And it wouldn't fit a mouse,
    And it has as many windows,
    As the Lord Mayors house,
    A Thimble.
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