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School: Rooskey

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Roosky, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Martin J. Casey
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    Question Long legs crooked thighs a little head and no eyes.
    Answer. A Tongs.
    Q. Humpty dumpty sat on the wall, humpty dumpty got a great fall, all the kings horses and all the kings men wouldn't put humpty dumpty together again.
    A. An egg.
    Q. What is the smallest room in the world.?
    A. Mushroom.
    Q. What is it that flies high lies low wears shoes and has none?
    A. A football.
    Q. As I went up stairs I looked out my golden window I saw the dead carrying the living.
    A. A man riding a bicycle.
    Q. Why is a pig in a parlour like a house on fire.?
    A. Because the quicker out the better.
    Q. As white as snow but snow it isn't, as green as grass but grass it isn't, as red as blood but
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Mc Donagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Srah Lower, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Kate Mac Donagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Srah Lower, Co. Mayo