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School: An Píce (The Pike, Shinrone)

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Baile an Gharraí, Co. Thiobraid Árann
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Seán Ó Dúibheacháin
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  3. XML “A Mass Path”
  4. XML “Riddles”

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  1. A Mass Path

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    Topics
    1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. aimsir na bpéindlíthe (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Minogue
    Gender
    Female

  2. Riddles

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    What is it that is laid on the table cut and divided but never eaten?
    A deck of cards.
    What is the reason a dog's tail is compared to the heart of a tree?
    It is the farthest away from the bark.
    What is like half the moon?
    The other half.
    As white as milk as black as ink and it hops on the road like hail stones?
    A magpie
    There is a thing as red as a rose the longer it lives the shorter it grows?
    A candle
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