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School: Baile Ruadh (roll number 15875)

Location:
Ballyroe, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Seán Ó Héaluithe
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    (1) Why does a hen pick the pot?
    Because she cannot lick it.
    (2) It is black, it is white and it is red (read) all over?
    A Newspaper.
    (3) There is a little cow, it stands in the wall if you gave it the world it would drink it all? a lamp.
    (4) Twelve little children, as black as a pan, a lazy old woman and hard working man? A Clock.
    (5) A field full of white cows and a red cow in the middle? Your teeth and your tongue in the middle.
    (6) What sort of wig can a barber not make?
    An ear wig.
    (7) Why should you never tell a a secret to your
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séan Ó Héaluithe
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir