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School: Muine Mór

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Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    not out, what is in the river and it is not drowned, what is in the shop and its not sold?
    Ans. The sun.
    Q. What is the most useful thing in the house?
    Ans. The dish cloth.
    Q. What sleeps with its head in its eye.
    Ans. A cows spanshell(?).
    Q. What is the big[g]est wonder in the map of Europe.
    Ans. That Hungry does not eat Turkey.
    Q. There was a man he had no eyes he went out to view the shys(?) he saw a tree with apples on it he took no apples of it nor he left no apples on it?
    Ans. He took one apple off and left one on.
    By
    Charcles Mac Morrow.
    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
    Charles Mac Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim