School: Na Cloichíní, Carraig Ruacháin (roll number 12676)

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   spend. The spendthrift saves and all men carry to the grave.
   Nothing.
   As I went over Parliment Bridge I met a Parliment scholar. He took off his hat and drew off his gloves. What was the name of that scholar.
   Andrew.

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   As I went up a slippery gap I met my auntie Jonie she had timber toes and an iron nose and upon my word she frightened the crows. What was it. A gun. Riddle me riddle me randy o my father gave me seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white riddle me that and I will buy you a pipe. A newspaper. Why is a bannana like the letter F Because they both make all fall. Why was George Washington different from any other American

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Mackey

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clogheen, Co. Cork