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School: Baile Nua an Fhaoitigh (roll number 9040)

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Newtownwhite, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Éilís Ní Mharascáil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0145, Page 33

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A window.
    Hairy all over, rough in the skin, two things wagging and one putting in?
    Sow eating.
    What has an eye yet cannot see?
    A needle.
    There was a man, he hadn't eyes, he went out to view the skies, he saw a tree with apples on, he took no apples off nor he left no apples on?
    He had one eye, there were two apples on the tree, he took one apple, and left one.
    The more you pull it the shorter it gets?
    A cigarrete.
    Why is Killala like and Indian rubber ball?
    Becuase there's a hopper in it. (Shoemaker - name of a hopper)
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English