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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    it hops on the road like hail-stones?
    A magpie.
    I know an article smaller than a mouse it has more windows than King George's house?
    A thimble
    Why does the hen pick the pot?
    Because she cannot lick it.
    Why (dont) the the cow look over the ditch?
    Because she cannot look under it.
    A riddle, a middle as I suppose a hundred eyes and never a nose?
    A potato.
    What's a cows track like?
    Like a bulls.
    What belongs to yourself but it is used more by your friends
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kearney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon