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School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)

Location:
Carrigans, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 56

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    What land does baby like best?
    Answer:- Lapland.
    What goes up the ladder with its head down?
    Answer:- A nail in a man's boot.
    What works all day with its hand before its face?
    Answer:- A Clock.
    A needle has it and everything has it, what is that?
    Answer:- A Name.
    What has eyes and cannot see?
    Answer.- A Potato.
    Why is an old maid like a rotten lemon?
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    English