School: Cornagilta (roll number 16408)
- Location:
- Cornagilty, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Luke Owens
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- (continued from previous page)What sleeps with its fingers in its eyes at night?
Answer:
The crookWhy does a hen pick a pot?
Answer:
Because she cannot lick itWhy does a donkey eat thistles?
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Because it is an assWhat is it that lives on it self, and dies when it has itself eaten all up?
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A candleWhy is a mouse trap like a riddle?
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Because there is a catch in it(continues on next page)- Informant
- Michael Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Drumcoo (Brady), Co. Monaghan