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School: Ardvarney (roll number 15116)

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Ardvarney, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Amhaltúin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    it gets?
    (A whole in a wall)
    Why does a duck cross a street?
    To get to the other side.
    What goes round the house and round the house and peeps in every hole.
    (The sun)
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man.
    A penny
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Curneen
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Drumconor, Co. Leitrim