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School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

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Lanesborough, Co. Longford
Teacher:
E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 008

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 008

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    an aeroplane.
    One sheds its leaves and the other leaves its sheds.
    What is the swifter heat or cold.
    Heat, because you can catch cold.
    If twenty feet of iceberg is above water, what is below.
    All the rest.
    Which is the greatest riddle.
    Life, we shall all give it up.
    Why is a baker a silly fellow.
    Because he give away what he kneads.
    Why is an orange like a bell.
    Because they both peel.
    What has four legs and only one foot.
    A bed.
    What fruit appears on every penny.
    A date.
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