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School: Lecks

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Lecks, Co. Cavan
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C. Ní Dhiarmuida
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1013, Page 138

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Riddles
    Name me, and you destroy me
    Silence
    Why do we buy shoes?
    Because we cannot get them for nothing
    Why is the letter D like a wedding ring?
    You cannot have wed without it
    Why are balloons like vagrants?
    They have no visible means of support
    Name something which nobody wants and nobody wants to lose?
    A lawsuit
    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