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School: Killanure, Mountrath (roll number 8095)

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Killinure, Co. Laois
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C. Ní Dhubhlainn
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    What is it,the longer it lives the shorter it grows?
    A candle.
    When is a dog not a dog? When it is a greyhound.
    When is a door not a door? When it is a jar (ajar)
    What is full and holds more? A pot of potatoes.
    What goes over the fire and under the fire and never touches the fire? A cake in a baker.
    What goes over the water and under the water and never touches the water? The Moon.
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    What is the difference between a school master and a postage stamp? One licks with a stick and the other sticks with a lick.
    A leaper of ditches. a cropper of corn,
    A tight little fellow with two leather horns? A hare.
    Riddle me, riddle me rye, one going in and two passing by?
    A man sewing a boot.
    Up chip cherry and down chip cherry not a man in Derry can climb chip cherry. Smoke.
    The gun she split fire, it made a great smoke and it gave my poor shoulders a devil of a stroke. A shot.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáitlín Ní Mhórdha
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Castleconor, Co. Laois