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School: Kiffa

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Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Helen Dinneen
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 102

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. Why is a patient like a window. Because it's full of pains.
    Q. An earwig is an insect, what is a periwig.
    Q. How many eyes have forty flies, a gazabo, and a dog. One.
    Q. If a souptureen is for holding soup, what is a nectarine. Kind of peach.
    Q. What will go up the chimney down and won't go down the chimney up. An umbrella.
    Q. All patches no stitches riddle me this and I'll give you a pair of britches. A head of cabbage.
    Q. How many goats did Moses bring into the ark. It was not Moses it was Noah.
    Q. Did you ever see a half a pigs head with two eyes. Yes your own two eyes.
    Q. Could Good Friday ever fall on Easter Monday.
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