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School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 052

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  2. Local Riddles

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    A little man sitting by a wall
    He eats all he can
    and drinks nothing at all.
    A Fire.
    Riddle me riddle me see.
    What shall the riddle be.
    Through a rock,
    Through a reel,
    Through an old spinning wheel,
    Through a basinful of pepper,
    Through an old mill-hopper,
    Through a shing shang bone.
    And such a riddle was never known.
    A Moth.
    What is the shiest thing in
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