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School: Drumcormack (roll number 13201)

Location:
Drumcormick, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Nora Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0288

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    47
    What letter is that which is invisible yet never out of sight?
    The letter I.
    48
    Why is I the happiest of all the vowels?
    Because it is in bliss, while most of the others are in purgatory.
    49
    What word of one syllable if you take two letters from it becomes a word of two syllables?
    Plague - ague.
    50
    What fashionable game do frogs play at?
    Croaky.
    51
    When is a trunk like two letter of the alphabet?
    When it's M I (empty).
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Candon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bricklieve, Co. Sligo