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School: Cill an Mhuilinn, Malla (roll number 15903)

Location:
Killavullen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Donncha Magner
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    Two N's, Two o, and L and a D put them together and spell them for
    London.
    Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you couldn't guess that
    A pipe.
    It grows in the wood, it sounds in the town, it earns its master many a £
    A fiddle.
    What was a foot last night?
    Twelve inches.
    What is it we all possess but few hold it?
    Our tongue.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball, It can climb church spires and is over all.
    The sun.
    If Jack's father was Paddy's brother what was Jack to Paddy's mother?
    Her Grandson.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English