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School: Coolanarney

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Coolanarney, Co. Offaly
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D. Mac Gairbhíth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 225

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    135. Where can we always find happiness:-
    In the dictionary.
    136. In what month do talkative people talk least:-
    In February because only 28 days.
    137. What words make you sick if one of the letters is omitted:-
    Music (M you sick)
    138. If a man got sixpence for walking 30 miles what would he get for walking one hundred miles:-
    Sore Feet.
    139. What poet was never slow:-
    Swift.
    140. What time of the day was Adam born?
    Before Eve.
    141. Why is a dark boy always a cheat:-
    Because he is never fair.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    English