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School: Clonard (roll number 16067)

Location:
Cluain Ioraird, Co. na Mí
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Fithcheallaigh
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    nose
    Noise - No i-se
    Which has the hardest life tea or coffee
    Tea, because while coffee is allowed to settle tea is compelled to draw.
    What has is the diference between a sailor, and a watch with a broken spring.
    One goes to sea, and the other ceases to go.
    When is the lamp in bad temper
    When it is put out
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan, the half of a woman the whole of a man
    A penny
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  2. A Collection of Riddles

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    What animal did bear the best burden ever was borne
    The ass that carried Our Lady when she fled to Egypt with Our Lord.
    Under water long I lay never sank nor swam away long experience I can tell water made my belly swell.
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    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Heatherson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Anneville or Clonard Old, Co. na Mí