School: Baile na Martra (B.) (roll number 13647)

Location:: Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
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Q. Old mother twitchit had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly. Every time she went over a gap, she left a piece of her tail behind a trap? A. Needle and thread. Q. What fruit bears a date? A. Dates.
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Q 'Tis in, 'Tis out, 'tis all about, tis slippery wet and greasy?
A. A pigs tongue.
Q. As deep as the ocean, as round as a cup and all the King's horses could not pull it up?
A. A well.
Q The more you take from it the bigger it will get?
A. A grave.
Q. Riddleme, riddleme, what is that over the head and under the hat.
A. The hair of your head.
Q. Over the fire and under the fire and never touches the fire?

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