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School: Killymarley (roll number 15398)

Location:
Killymarly, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0957, Page 370

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    Whether would you rather a gorilla killed you or an elephant? The elephant
    What bears and does not blossom? The crook
    What goes away between two woods and comes back between two waters? A person carrying two wooden pails of water
    How do you get down off a donkey? You only get down from a goose
    What walks with its head down? A nail in your boot
    What walked and talked and did not see and had no salvations? Baslim's ass
    He walked on earth, He talked on earth, He reproved a man for sin, He's not in heaven nor yet in hell, and never will be therein. Baslim's ass
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Harry Jackson
    Gender
    Male