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School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

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Maigh Arnaí, Co. Loch Garman
Teacher:
Donnchadh Cuirtéis
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    its not in the people ?
    A. The letter R.
    What is the difference between a station-master and a schoolmaster?
    One minds the trains, and the other trains the mind.
    Q. What is deeper than the sea ?
    A. A tailor's thimble.
    Q. Hitty-hatty on the wall, hitty-hatty got a fall, all the kings' horses and all the kings' men wouldn't put hitty-hatty together again?
    A. An egg.
    Q. What is smaller than a midge's mouth?
    A. The bit that goes into it.
    Q. As round as an apple,
    As deep as a pail,
    It will never bawl out, 'till you pull it by the tail?
    A. A bell.
    Q. Why is the middle of a tree like a dog's tail?
    A. Because they are both farthest away from the bark.
    Q. The king of Manchester sent to his sister a bottomless vessel to hold raw meat?
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