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School: Corraslira

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Corraslira, Co. Roscommon
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Bean Uí Dhubhláin
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  1. A Collection of Riddles Heard Locally (continued)

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    25. What word is the English tongue,
    often written, spoken, sung,
    Means unite and part asunder,
    Answer now without a blunder?
    Cleave
    26. There is a town in Ireland that's noted for great fame,
    spelled backwards and forward its all the same name.
    Navan.
    27. If a ship sailing into Cork weighed a hundred tons what did it weigh going out?
    It weighed anchor.
    28. What is like half the moon?
    The other half.
    29. What County in Ireland is liable to sail?
    County Cork.
    30. What is the difference between a tight shoe and an oak tree.
    One makes corns ache and the other makes acorns.
    31. What is it that a cat has and no other animal has.
    Kittens.
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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
    Collector
    Thomas Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drinaun, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Paddy Whelan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drinaun, Co. Roscommon