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School: Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin (roll number 10243)

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Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
Teacher:
C. Ó Ríordáin
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    Answer. Because he was my father.
    When is a little girl like a window.?
    Answer. When she is wearing a sash.
    What trees are found growing near the sea?
    Answer. Beeches.
    Why does a donkey eat thistles?
    Answer. Because it's an ass
    What turns without moving?
    Answer. A road.
    The flowers of Africa, the flowers of spring
    All mixed up with a shower of rain,
    Put in a sugar bag, tied with a string, riddle me that and I'll give you a ring?
    Answer. A pudding.
    Why is a vain lady like a drunkard?
    Because neither of them can get enough of the glass.
    Why should a fisherman be wealthy?
    Answer. Because his business is all net profit.
    Through the wood and through the wood and never touches the wood?
    Answer. A knife in a man's pocket.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen O' Driscoll
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs O' Driscoll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork