School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)

Location:: Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
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6 Q What is it that flies high, flies low, has no feet, yet wears shoes A. Dust. 7 Q What grows less tired the more it is worked? A. A spinning wheel. 8 Q What is that is often put on the table, cut, and passed round, A. What is that which has form without substance and [?] but not eaten Without weight 9 Q What is it flies high, flies low, wears shoes and has none? A A foot-ball 10 Q What would you put into a barrel to make it light? A holes Headed like a thimble Tailed like a rat You may guess for ever But you'll never guess that S. The. A. pipe
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Topics
1. genre
  verbal arts (~1,483)
  riddles (~7,209)
Language

English
Collector
Peter Dolan
Gender

Male
Address

Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Riddles

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What time would it be if the clock struck thirteen?
Time to put it right.
What day of the week is the strongest?
Sunday.

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