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School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)

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Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dálaigh
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    23. Headed like a thimble, Tailed liked a rat
    You may guess forever, But you couldn't guess that.
    Ans :- A Pipe
    24. Would you contribe in stables five,
    To place my horses twenty,
    Put an odd number in every stable
    And leave no stable empty.
    Ans:- Put three in each of four stables and seven in the fifth, while riding one in and out to the five.
    25. Long legs, crucket thighs, small head and no eyes.
    Ans. :- A Tongs
    26. What goes up when the rain comes down
    An umbrella
    27 What word has five letters and if you take away the first two there will be one left.
    Ans A Stone
    28 A man from Manchester sent home to his sister a bottomless vessel to fill it with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donal Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Donal Duggan
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Francis Kelleher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scarteen Lower, Co. Cork
    Collector
    William J. Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scarteen Lower, Co. Cork