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School: Doire / Derrew (roll number 14624)

Location:
Derrew, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Caitlín Bean Uí Maolalaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0092H, Page 10_038

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    end and the end of every race : - ? "The letter e."
    8. What is it that never was or never will be : - ?
    "That a nat never made a nest in a cats ear.
    9. What side of a jug is the handle - The outside
    10. Twenty white horses tide to the stall up jumpes the red one the best of them all : - "Your mouth"
    11. What piece of wood is like a king? : - "a rular."
    12. If a woman went out driving geese and if she had as much more, half as much more and two and half geese she would
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Gibbons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonee, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Gibbons
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonee, Co. Mayo