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School: Druim (2) (roll number 11108)

Location:
Drum, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Francis Coleman
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    21// Hairy without, hairy within,
    Lift your leg and stick it in.
    A stocking.
    22//
    What has every girl, but Biddy Mulligan has two?
    Two l's in her name.
    23// As I went through yon guttery gap,
    I met my Uncle David, I broke his bones, and drank his blood and left him lying easy. What was it?
    A bottle of whiskey.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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