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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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    Why is a key like a hospital?
    It has wards.
    Why is an egg like a young horse?
    It can't be used until its broken.
    What has a mouth but never speaks? A bed but never sleeps in it?
    A river.
    If I were going in for an exam, why should I study the letter "P"?
    It would make an ass pass.
    Why is a hen on a gate like a penny?
    Because the head is on one side and the tail on the other.
    Why is an empty match box better than a full one?
    It is matchless.
    What cannot run though it has three feet?
    A yard.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary E. Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aughriman, Co. Leitrim