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School: Cornagilta (roll number 16408)

Location:
Cornagilty, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Luke Owens
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    What does from one house to another and never goes in?
    Answer:
    The path
    As high as a wall
    As red as blood
    As white as milk
    As sweet as honey?
    Answer:
    An apple
    What is it that walks with its head down?
    Answer:
    A nail in your boot
    Why did Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit?
    Answer:
    Because he could not drink it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael Mc Kenna
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Drumcoo (Brady), Co. Monaghan