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School: Baile Fionáin, Fearann Fuar (roll number 7990/1)

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Ballyfinnane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghlú
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    butcher sell a yard of meat?
    A. When he sells three pigs feet.
    Q. What is the most wonderful animal in the farmyard?
    A. The pig because he is killed first and cured afterwards.
    Q. If a spider was late for dinner what would he do?
    A. Fly away.
    Q. It is black , it is white, it is read all over?
    A. A newspaper.
    Q. A little white and round house, it is full of meat but it has no doors or windows to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Kirby
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyfinnane, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Denis Kirby
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garraun, Co. Kerry