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School: Lios an Chairn (roll number 10390)

Location:
Lissacarn, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Liam Ó Fuaráin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    How will you compare the Irish flag to the moon?
    Ans. The world cant pull it down.
    Stiff standing in a bed first got blue and it got red.?
    Ans. A carret growing
    King Morroca built a ship and in this ship his daughter sat and Ill be blamed to tell[?] her name and there is three times I told [?] name?
    Ans. And.
    I have a little house and (and) it would not hold a mouse and it has as many windows as they Lords Mayors house?
    Ans. A Timble.
    If I have only one match and I wanted to light [?] pipe and light the fire which will I light first
    Ans. The match
    What is smaller than a midget's mouth?
    Ans. The bit she eats.
    I wash my hands in water that was [?] rained nor spring, and I dried them in a towel that was never woven nor spun?
    Ans. The Dew and the Sun.
    It Jack was Johnson what was Jack to John?
    Ans. Johnson.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lissacarn, Co. Leitrim