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School: Scoil na gCailíní, Iomaire Buidhe (roll number 9818)

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Ummeraboy East, Co. Cork
Teacher:
E. Bean Uí Shuibhne
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    Look at your hand and there you will see what never was or never will be.
    Your thumb will never be as long as your other fingers.
    Why is a school like a troubled mind?Because sometime there is trouble with the pupils.
    As black as ink, as white as snow, and it hops on the ground like hail stone.
    Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Because she could not lick it.
    Peggie O'Connor,
    Doon,
    Kiskearn,
    Co. Cork.
    Class VI
    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
    Peggie O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonasleen East, Co. Cork