School: Kiltoghert (roll number 14760)

Location:
Kiltoghert, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Fearghail
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  1. Riddles
    Small, smaller than a mouse and has as many windows as many windows as any big house.
    A thimble.
    Which of these will burn the longest, wax or a tallow candle.
    None of them, they burn shorter.
    If a man put down an acre of wheat in the good weather what will he put up in the good weather.
    An umbrella.
    If I was falling off a house, what would I be falling against.
    My Will.
    What is it that has four legs.
    A bed.
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