School: Dromseanbhoth (B.)

Location:
Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dubhda
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    that without a k?
    A. That.
    Q. Ass cart and tacklings spell all in three letters.
    A. All.
    Q. The King of Morroco built a ship and in that ship his daughter sat and I am blamed for telling her name and there's three times I told it there?
    A. Ann.
    Q. The King of Morroco sat on a stool he took out this long thing and called it a fool saying wig, wag you poor little thing many a black hole ever you were in?
    A. His pen.
    Q. What is it has a head, a foot and four legs?
    A. A bed.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Blackrock, Co. Leitrim