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School: Cill Chonaill (Cailíní)

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Kilconnell, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Shéaghdha
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    hopps on the road like hailstones?
    Answer- A Magpie.
    10.Q- Left on the
    11.Q- Why do women look at the moon?
    Answer- Because they see a man in it.
    12.Q-Left on the table cut and never eaten?
    Answer- A deck of cards
    13.Q-What is the biggest wonder in the map of Europe?
    Answer- That Hungary didnt eat Turkey.
    14.Q- Why does a cow look at the ditch?
    Answer- Because she couldnt look under it.
    15.Q-What runs and has no feet?
    Answer- A river.
    16.Q-If I were in the sun and you out of it what would it be?
    Answer- Sin
    17.Q- What is the last thing you take off going to bed?
    Answer-Your feet off the floor.
    18.Q-A little wood a little wire a little house without a fire?
    Answer- A cage.
    19.Q-As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all
    20.Q-What is that a rich man wants a poor man has a blind man sees, and a deaf hears
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Monahan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballintober, Co. Galway