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School: Baltrasna (roll number 4086)

Location:
Baltrasna, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Shuibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 282

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    14/ Too short cut a bit of it and it will be long enough?
    Ans. A grave.
    15/ Down between two woods and home between two waters?
    Ans. Fetching water.
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    1/ As I was going to Dublin I saw a farmers fiddle alive in the two ends and dead in the middle?
    Ans. A river.
    2/ What runs without whells?
    Ans. A river.
    3/ Why is a clock the shyest thing in the world?
    Ans. Because it always keeps its hands to its face.
    4/ What has a eye and can not see?
    Ans. A needle.
    5/ What is the difference between a carpet and a bottle of medicine?
    Ans. A carpet is taken up and shaken and the medicine is shaken up and taken.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Molly Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Murrens, Co. Meath