School: Clochar na Trócaire, Gráig na Manach

Location:
Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. Agatha
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    Riddles
    5. When was beef the highest?
    When the cow jumped over the moon.
    6. As I went into an orchard I saw a tree with apples on it. I took no apples off and I left no apples on?
    There were only two apples on the tree.
    7. How many sticks go to build a crow's nest -
    None. She carries them.
    8. If a hen and a half, lays an egg and a half, in a day and a half. How many would one hen lay in a week.
    Seven
    9. As I was going to Graige. I met a woman putting out her geese. "Goodmarrow Mam, and your forty geese" said I. "Indeed I have not forty geese", said
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English