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School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Heslin
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    6 Q What is it that flies high, flies low, has no feet, yet wears shoes
    A. Dust.

    7 Q What grows less tired the more it is worked?
    A. A spinning wheel.

    8 Q What is that is often put on the table, cut, and passed round,
    A. What is that which has form without substance and [?] but not eaten
    Without weight
    9 Q What is it flies high, flies low, wears shoes and has none?
    A A foot-ball
    10 Q What would you put into a barrel to make it light?
    A holes

    Headed like a thimble
    Tailed like a rat
    You may guess for ever
    But you'll never guess that
    S. The.
    A. pipe
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Dolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim

  2. Riddles

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    What time would it be if the clock struck thirteen?
    Time to put it right.
    What day of the week is the strongest?
    Sunday.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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