School: Clún na Gaoithe (roll number 8740)

Location:
Cloongee, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Héaráin
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    Ans:- A fiddle.
    13. I went to the wood and I caught it I sat down and I saught it and when I could not get it home with me I brought it.
    Ans:- A thorn in a fool.
    14. What banks do not hold money.
    Ans:- River banks.
    15. A child said to its father how did it come you to be my father and me not to be your son
    Ans:- It was a daughter.
    16. Its as round as an apple as sharp as a lance and all the men in Derry couldn't carry it to France.
    Ans:- The sun.
    17. I have a little sister she lives in the ditch and if you go near her she would give you the itch.
    Ans:- A nettle.
    18. Its neither within nor without but its somewhere in the house.
    Ans. A door.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English