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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceann tSáile (roll number 4572)

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Cionn tSáile, Co. Chorcaí
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An tSr. De Pazzi
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  3. XML “Scoil na gCeard”
  4. XML “Riddles”

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  1. Scoil na gCeard (continued)

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  2. Riddles

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    1.
    As I went down West Minster Bridge I met a West Minster scholar. He took off his hat and drew off his gloves, come tell me the name of the scholar?
    Ans. Andrew.
    2.
    Through a rock, through a wheel, through an old spinning wheel, through a basin full of pepper, through an old sheep's throttle, through a horse's skin and bone such a riddle was never known.
    Ans. A worm.
    3.
    What always goes around and stops at the back door.
    Ans. The broom.
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