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School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

Location:
Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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    Question:- What is always behind time?
    Answer:- The back of a clock.
    Question:-What has an eye; and cannot see?
    Answer:- A needle.
    Question:- Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat. You may guess for ever, but you could not guess that?
    Answer:- A pipe.
    Question:- If an asse's head was faced towards the north what place was his tail facing
    Answer:- It was facing towards the ground.
    Question:- How many wells
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Tracey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrooghs, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs M. Tracey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrooghs, Co. Galway