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School: Clochar

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Clogher, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhimsithigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0939, Page 038

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q At what time of the year are soldiers tired?
    Ans At the end of March
    Q What is it that is a purring animal?
    Ans A Cat.
    Q What animal can run fast?
    Ans A Hare
    Q Why is an otter a queer animal?
    Ans Because its tale comes out of its head.
    Q What fruit is always on a penny?
    Ans The date.
    Q What wears boots but cannot walk?
    Ans The road.
    Q How many feet has forty sheep, the shepherd, and his dog?
    Ans Two feet. The man's.
    Q A little house, and it would not hold a mouse, and there are more windows in it than the King's house?
    Ans A Thimble.
    Q What is full and holds more?
    Ans A pot of potatoes.
    Q All on gravel I do travel, All on oak I do stand, I drove a mare that never foaled, And held the bridle in my hand?
    Ans A Train.
    Q What has one eye and cannot see?
    (continues on next page)
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English