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School: Crossmolina (B.)

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Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Corcaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 489

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Question: Why is H like a dying man.
    Answer: Because it is the end of earth and the beginning of heaven.
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  2. Riddles

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    As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man?
    Ans: A penny.
    Quest: A head like a thimble a tail like a rat you may guess for ever but you couldn't guess that.
    Ans. A pipe
    Q. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never get's
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vincent Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Inishcoe, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Dyra
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Inishcoe, Co. Mayo