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School: Baile Mhic Aodha (Ballymachugh)

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Ballymachugh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ní Dhuinnín
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    and he had a night Watcher
    When he was away the night watcher dreamed that the train he went on crashed, and when he came home he was telling him about the train crashing and the night watcher told him he dreamed about the train crashing and the man hunted him, and what for.
    8. Why can a man with one eye see more than a man with two?
    Because the man with one eye can see your two and the man with the two can only see his one.
    9. What is that which a lady never likes to see or never likes to find.
    A hole in a woman's stocking.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sam Blakely
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fortland, Co. Cavan