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School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)

Location:
Oilgate, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Braoin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    walks upon none, she goes far for her living and then she comes home.
    A Ship.
    As I went to the fair of Saint Hives
    I met nine men and their wives.
    Each man had a bag and in it
    was a cat. Each cat had seven
    kittens. How many men, women, cats, and kittens reached the fair of
    Saint Hives ?
    None.
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    Why doesn't a clock strike 13
    Because it hasn't the face to do so.
    What part of a cow goes over the
    ditch first
    Its breath
    Why does a hen cross the road
    Because it wants to get to the other side
    What goes up the chimney down and wont go down the chimney up ?
    (continues on next page)
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Angela Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynaslaney, Co. Wexford