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School: Gleann Tochair (roll number 16611)

Location:
Glentogher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. Sorcha A. Ní Dhómhnaill
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  1. Riddles Collected Locally

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    1) Flies high lies low wears boots and has none? A football.
    2) What makes a hen pick a pot? Because she cannot lick it.
    3) A side car of people went over a bridge and there was not a single one in it? They were all married.
    4) How can you compare a potato to a tear of your eye? Because they both spring from the eye.
    5) What goes round the house and round the house and lays an egg in every hole? Hailstones.
    6) How can you compare a school master to a station master? Because one trains the mind and the other minds the train.
    7) What has feet but cannot walk? A pot.
    8) What has wings and cannot fly? A cart.
    9) I have a wee pappet it sits in my pocket it never eats corn or hay
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Susie Mac Cole
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glentogher, Co. Donegal