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School: Cluainín, Granard

Location:
Clooneen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Raghallaigh
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    87. I have a little sister and her name is Peepity - peep and she would cross the sea be it ever so deep?
    A Star.
    88. What is the difference between a station Master and a School Master? One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
    89. What has coals over it and coals under it & they never touch it? Cake.
    90. Middy Nody round body three feet and a wooden hat? A pot.
    91. If the wind blows from the South on Hallow Eve it will blow from there for the winter quarter.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cloghchurnel, Co. Longford