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School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)

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Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 240

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    The bark of a tree.
    4 What has an eye and cant see.?
    A needle.
    5 Why was the elephant last to leave the Ark?
    Because he had to wait to pack his trunk.
    6 When was beef at its highest.?
    When the cow jumped over the moon.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jack Naughton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath