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School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 225

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    126. Q. Black and white and read all over?
    A. A paper.
    127. Q. There are 24 white cows in my father's byre up comes the red bull and licks them all?
    A. Teeth and tongue
    128. Q. Why does an ass look over a wall?
    A. Because he can't look through it
    129. Q. What is it that has its heart in its head?
    A. A head of cabbage
    130. Q. Useful useless instrument. From once it's bought it's never lent. The man that buys it does not it own. And the man that owns it wears it at home?
    A. A coffin.
    131. Q. As I crossed across a field of wheat I picked up something sweet to eat. It was neither fish, flesh, nor bone. And I held it till ran alone?
    A. an egg.
    132. Q. There was a man who had no eyes. He went out to view the sky. He saw an apple tree with apples on it. He took no apples off. And he left no apples on it?
    A. There were two apples on the tree and he took one left the other
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Rowley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumrane, Co. Leitrim