School: Cill Fhíonáin (roll number 15506)

Location:: Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
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Big long Tom with a big red nose the quicker he runs the shorter he goes? A candle. As I went up the mountains I met my Auntie Nora, with iron nose and steel toes; what is that that will frighten crows? A gun. If I was in the sun and ll out of it, what would the become? Sin. (?) What runs fast but has no legs? A tap. What's smaller than a fly's mouth? The bit he eats. What runs from here to Charlestown without moving? The road. Why is an artist stronger than a horse? An artist can draw a castle and a horse can't. What's the difference between a hill and a pill? One of them is hard to get up
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  verbal arts (~1,483)
  riddles (~7,209)
Language

English
Collector
Brendan Ryan
Gender

Male

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