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School: Carnaross, Kells (roll number 3852)

Location:
Carnaross, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0705, Page 088

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    What is the difference between a bottle of medicine heart rug. One is shaken up and taken and the other is taken up and shaken.
    Black and white and read all over.
    A paper.
    What is harder than earning money.
    Collecting it.
    Why does a cat purr.
    For some unknown purr-puss.
    What flower resembles a bulls mouth.
    A cowslip.
    A room full a room full and could not catch a spoonful. Smoke.
    A row of white horses upon a red hill. Teeth and gums.
    Why do you not write your home exercise on a table.
    Because an exercise book is the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derver, Co. Meath