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School: Drumcrow

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Drumcrow, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
B. Boylan
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  1. Collection of Riddles

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    1. A musical instrument, a fishery in vain stands for the townland that lie next Cornafeain.
    Answer: Drumcoghill.
    2. What is the shiest thing in the house?
    Answer: The clock because its hands are always on its face.
    3. What goes up the ladder with its head down?
    Answer: A nail in a man's shoe.
    4. What is the difference between an engine driver and a school master?
    Answer: One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
    5. What sleeps with its finger in its eye?
    Answer: The crook
    6. What is the smallest bridge
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Beattie
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumbar, Co. an Chabháin