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School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)

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Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mrs Anna Ewing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 175

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    1. What goes up the ladder with its head down? A nail in a man's boot.
    2. What has a tongue but cannot talk? A boot.
    3. What is the greediest country in the world? Hungary.
    4. Through the wood and through the wood & leaves a rah on every bush. Snow.
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    1. Patch upon patch without any stitches. Riddle me that & I'll buy a pair of trousers. A Cabbage.
    2. As round as an apple as flat
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