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School: Killashandra (C.) Convent

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Killashandra, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. M. Cornillius
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0984, Page 179

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    up to each other? The wheels of amotar-car
    Goes up white and comes down yellow? An egg
    Long and narrow, thin and tall many a man caused to fall? A gun
    There he sits upoon a tree a little solider red a pellet inside his stomach pit, and a helmet on his head? A how
    Where are kings crowned? On the head
    What part of a fish is like the end of a book? The fin-is
    What is it that we often return, but never borrow? Thanks
    What smells most in a chemical shop? The nose
    If a chicken could talk why would it always swear? Because it would only use fowl's language
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrynacross, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    People around Derrynacross