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School: St Columba's, Buncrana

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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    of an egg is white you say "wrong" the yoke of an egg is yellow.
    Q. What can run but can't walk.
    Ans. A river.
    Q Forty sheep went through a gap, Twenty more followed that, the master and his dog, how many feet is that.
    Ans. Two feet, the masters feet were the only feet there for the sheep had cheeks and the dog had paws.
    Q. Twenty-six sheep went into a field one of them died how many were left
    Ans. 19. (twenty sick sheep).
    Q Twenty-two white cows outside a [wa?] out comes the red one and licks them all, what is that.
    Ans. Your teeth and your tongue.
    Q. With what big animal does a little food go a long way
    Ans. A giraffe, it goes a long way down the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Corney Fraser
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Buncrana, Co. Donegal