School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)

Location:
Meenbane, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Coluim
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  1. How do you compare a sheet of stamps to remote relatives?
    Because both are slightly connected.
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan and all the men in Derry could not lift it up?
    A well.
    I washed my hands in water,
    That was neither rain nor run,
    I dried them on a towel
    That was neither woven nor spun?
    The Sun.
    Twenty - one white cows tied to a wall
    when out came the red cow and licked
    over them all.
    A person's tongue and teeth.
    When is it impossible to burn a forest?
    When it is all ashes.
    Which hand do you stir the tea with?
    I stir it with a spoon.
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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
    Collector
    Molly O' Boyle
    Gender
    Female