School: Ardee (Mercy Convent) (roll number 8445)

Location:
Ardee, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr M. Angel
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Veronica O Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    John Street, Co. Louth
  2. Riddles
    1. Why does a cow look over a ditch?
    Because she can't look under it
    2. Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Because she can't lick it
    3. Forty sheep went out a gap, forty more followed that, six, seven, ten, eleven, three and two how much is that
    Three and two added together make five
    4. As I went out my Grandfathers gap I met my Uncle Davey, I knocked him down, and sucked his blood, and left his body easy?
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