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School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)

Location:
Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    to Jonas before swallowing him?
    Come in out of the wet.
    Said the child to the father "How did it come that you are my father and I am not your son"?
    His daughter.
    How can a person with one eye see twice as much as a person with two eyes?
    The person with one eye can see two eyes, and the person with two eyes can only see one eye.
    Why isn't a person's hand twelve inches long?
    Because it is not a foot.
    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
    Agnes Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Costello
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway