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School: Currach Púir (Curraghpoor), Dún na Sgíath (roll number 14008)

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Curraghpoor, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Liam Ó Duibhir
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    What month of the year are soldiers tired? Ans: the end of ellarch
    What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood? Ans: the barks of a tree
    What goes up when the rain comes down? Ans: an umbrella
    When is the clock hungry? Ans: when it is going to eight
    What walks with its head always down? Ans: a nail in one's boot
    Two geese before a goose, two geese after a goose, and a goose between two geese, how many were there? Ans: Three
    As i went out a slippery gap, i met my uncle davy, i cut off his head and left his body away. ans: a head of cabbage
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Bishop
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinard, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs M. Bishop
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    38
    Address
    Ballinard, Co. Tipperary