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School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)

Location:
Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Héilighe
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    It opens like a barn door and shuts like a trap. You may guess of forty things but you wont guess that.?
    Your mouth.
    A man went to the sawmill and brought home a load of timber and it was neither crooked nor straight.?
    Sawdust
    A flock of white sheep on a red hill. Here they go, there they go, now they stand still
    Your teeth
    What goes over the water and under the water and never touches the water.?
    Your shadow
    What has an eye and cant see.? A needle.
    What part of a cow goes
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Mc Guirk
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ricketstown, Co. Carlow