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School: Doire an Daimh (Derrindaffe) (roll number 10976)

Location:
Derrindaff, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghludha
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    low has no feet and yet wears shoes out? Dust.
    Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire? A cake in an oven.
    As I went up a steeple I met three Christian people they were neither men woman or children. What were they? A man, woman and child.
    Why is a lawyer like a beggar? Because he pleads for a living.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret O Keefe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Trienearagh, Co. Kerry