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School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)

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Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Héilighe
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    What has an eye and can't see? A needle.
    What has a tongue and can't eat? A boot.
    If there were ten patches on a man's trousers what time would it be? Time to get a new one.
    Why is a shoemakers shop so much like hell? Because there are so many bad soles in it
    Patch upon patch without stitches? A head of cabbage.
    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
    Annie Miley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare