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School: Naomh Baoithin, Tullydish (roll number 3160)

Location:
Tullydush Upper, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal P. Ó Lochlainn
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    (continued from previous page)
    is an interjection.
    What has an eye but cannot see?
    Answer A needle
    There was a man who had no eyes, he went out one day to view the skies, he saw a tree with apples on it, he took no apples off and he left no apples on.
    Answer. A man went out with one eye and he saw a tree with two apples and he took one apple off and left one apple on.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose B. Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullydush Upper, Co. Donegal