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School: An Clochar, Crossmolina (roll number 14728)

Location:
Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
An tSr. Antoine
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    If a fellow met a fellow in a fellow's field could a fellow ask a fellow what a fellow means? How many "Fs" in that. (None. That)
    It is blue, it is red, it is parliament green. The king cannot touch it no more than the queen. (Rainbow)
    A crosser of ditches, a clipper of corns, a tight little fellow with two leather horns. (A hare).
    Twelve pears hung high. Twelve lords passed by. Lord each took one. How many pears remain. (Eleven)
    The man that bought it never wore it. The man that wore it never saw it. (Coffin).
    'Tis deeper, 'tis damper, 'tis green above the bank and 'tis fit for a lord or a lady. (Grave)
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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