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School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)

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Kilnamona, Co. Clare
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Síle Céitinn
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    Tomhaiseanna
    1 head and tail a lady's name and she becomes painful?
    Ans.-Rachel ache.
    2.What grows bigger the more you contract it?
    Ans.-A debt.
    3.What makes a pair of boots?
    Ans.-Two.
    4.What has only one leg and a hat?
    Ans.-A mushroom.
    5.What table has not a leg to stand upon?
    Ans.-The multiplication table.
    6.A box has an ears of corn in it.A squirrel carries out 3 ears a day and it takes 9 days to carry all the corn out .How is that.
    Ans.-The squirrel took out 1 ear of corn daily also his own two ears.
    7 What is it that has eyes yet never sees?
    Ans.- A potato.
    8 As I went along I looked through a window and saw three Christians.They were neither men, women or children
    Ans.-A man , a woman and a child.
    9 Why is a man out for a holiday like a bandy legged man?
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Hegarty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockatemple, Co. Clare