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School: Lattoon

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 303

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Coyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coragh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr P. Coyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coragh, Co. Cavan

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    83. Why is the crow the bravest bird in the world? Because he never shows a white feather.
    84. What is the difference between a clock and a firm? Ans. When one is wound up it goes and when the other is wound up it stops.
    85. What is the exact length of the year 1888?
    Ans. One and three eights.
    86. As I went up the hills of wigin-wagam I saw a bell-fagam I called out my little dog stickim-stagam to hunt bell-fagam from tearing up the hills of wigim-wagam.
    Ans. A sow resting.
    87. The hidicks the hodicks the double kinodicks the thing with the holes that
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