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School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)

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Cluain Tuaiscirt, Co. na Gaillimhe
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  1. Riddles

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    Riddles
    When is a clock most dangerous?
    When it strikes one.
    If you rode an ass from here to Portumna where would you get down?
    Under a gooses wing. What's more in riddles than holes?
    Corners.
    Which is a ton of feathers, or a tone of sane the heaviest?
    Both are the same.
    what is it that is full of holes and yet holds water?
    A sponge.
    What part of a train comes in first?
    The noise.
    Up the road and down the road and
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    Language
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    Annie Madden
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