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School: Broca

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Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
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T. Ó Chioráin S. Ó Gallchobhair
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    Whats always behind time?
    The back of a watch.
    When is a door not a door?
    When it ajar.
    How could you compare a jewller to a gailor?
    One sells watches, the other watches cells.
    Whats the shyest thing in the house?
    The clock. It always has its hands on its face.
    Tell me a sentence that read the same same when read backwards?
    Able was I eve I Elba.
    What goes ninety nine, bump?
    A centipede with a wooden leg.
    Give the answer to this.
    What never was or never shall be
    Hold out your hand and you will plainly see?
    All your fingers are not the same length.
    Why did the garden fence?
    Because it saw the orange box.
    If a man went over a bridge with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Robert Clancy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    John Clancy
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim