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School: Clonrye

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Clonrye, Co. Monaghan
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S. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 323

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Ans: Because it is surrounded by banks.
    Q: When was beef the highest
    Ans: When the cow jumped over the moon.
    Q: What has panes yet never complains
    Ans: A window.
    Q: What is short and put a bit to it and it will make it shorter
    Ans: The word short.
    Q: What part of a cow enters the byre first.
    Ans: Her breath.
    Q: What makes a pair of boots.
    Ans: Two
    Q: How much is two ones.
    Ans: Eleven
    Q: Why is a lame dog compared to a boy at arithmetic.
    Ans: Because he puts down three and carries one.
    Q: If your Uncles sister is not your aunt what Relation is she.
    Ans: Your mother.
    Q: My mother sent me to your mother for the loan of the "Hittick" the "Hattack" the double "camatic" the thing with the round end on it.
    Ans: A churn staff.
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