School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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  1. Four running four shaking two on the rock one calling and the last one after them all.
    A cow running
    It opens like a barn door and closes trap; You may think of many things before you think of that.
    An Umbrella.
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan the half of a woman and the full of a man.
    A Penny.
    Round and round and lie at the
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    Thomas Kilcoyne
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