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School: Cluain (1), Baile an Droichid

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Clonmore, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Laochdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0908, Page 253

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    (continued from previous page)
    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
    Humpty Dumpty got a great fall.
    And all the Kings horses and all the Kings men.
    Could not put Humpty Dumpty
    Together again?
    (A broken egg.)
    Chink Chank under the bank.
    Ten drawind four?
    A woman, milking a cow.
    What is it that hangs bears, but never blossoms?
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    English