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School: Árd-achadh (C.) (roll number 14076)

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Ardagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhadagáin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    It is in the rock, but not in the stone. It is in the marrow, but not in the bone. It is in the priest, but not in the people. It is in the Church, but not in the steeple.
    (The letter R).
    How is it that a man with one eye can see more than a man with two eyes.
    (The man with two eyes can only see the other man's one eye, and the man with one eye can see the other man's two eyes).
    If a man split his sides with laughter. What aught he to do.
    (Run 'til he gets a stitch in his side).
    Why was Adam such a good runner.
    Because he was the first on the human (?).
    If a chicken could talk, why would he always swear?. Because it could only use fowl language).
    Why is a vain young lady like a drunkard?
    (They are both too fond of a glass)>
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Mulcahy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Kilrodane, Co. Limerick