School: Rathcormac (roll number 8463)
- Location:
- Rathcormack, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: M. Bean Uí Fhéinneadha
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- 1. When was beef the highest?
When the cow jumped over the moon.2. What man wears the biggest hat?
The man with the biggest head.3. I ran and I got it. I sat down and I looked for it and when I could not get it I brought it with me?
a thorn in your foot.4. What is it? A rich man wants. A poor man has. A deaf man hears, and a blind man sees?
Nothing.5. a little old man sitting by the wall. He eats all he can, but drinks nothing atal?
The Fire.6. What is the greatest of all riddles?
Life, because we must all give it up.7. What is not long enough. Cut a bit off it, and(continues on next page)
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- Gerty Currid
