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School: Barkhall (roll number 8343)

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Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
J. L. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 333

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    When do your teeth talk?
    When they are chattering.
    When do three and three not make six?
    When it is thirty-three.
    Why is a dog's tail a great novelty?
    Because no one ever saw it before.
    What is most like a horse's shoe?
    A mare's.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Russell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Letterkenny, Co. Donegal