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School: Gleann an Chairthe (roll number 13345)

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Glencar, Co. Leitrim
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Seán Mag Ualghairg
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    A. The clock.
    Q. What is the lightest city in the world?
    A. Cork
    Q. What is the first thing that smells when you go into a Chemist's shop?
    A. Your nose.
    Q. What is the last thing you do before you go to bed?
    A. To take your feet off the floor.
    Q. How many sons had More Moore's mother.
    A. She had none
    Q. When is the gander called the goose?
    A. When he is cooked
    Q. What roof covers the noiseiest tenant?
    A. The roof of your mouth covers the noiseiest tenant
    Q. Where did Noah strike the first nail in his ark?
    A. He hit it on the head.
    Q. What is it that's back and white ad read over.
    A. A newspaper.
    Q. What is it that is cut in the wood sounds in the town and earns his master many a pound?
    A. A fiddle.
    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
    Brendan O Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tomrud, Co. Leitrim