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School: Baile Dubh, (C.) (roll number 15541)

Location:
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Dhriaghail
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    If a man got sixpence for walking thirty miles, what would he get for a hundred miles? Sore feet.
    Why is a drawn tooth like something you have forgotten? Because it is gone out of your head.
    What is it? ; the older it gets the smaller it grows? A candle.
    I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it, all the men of Ireland could not count how many windows are in it? A thimble.
    What is the biggest ant in the world? An elephant.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    English