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School: N. Colmcille, Westport Quay (roll number 13145)

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Westport Quay, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Sean Ó Flaitile
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Four and twenty wild-geese
    Tearing the world asunder
    A man harrowing a field of corn.
    Peggy Eaton Rosbeg Westport
    Obtained from
    Mrs Eaton Age 56
    Rosbeg, Westport
    How does a sailor know there is a man in the moon?
    Because he has been to sea.
    How many sticks goes to a crow's nest?
    None. They are all carried.
    Full of holes and holds water.
    A sponge
    What is the shyest thing in the house?
    The clock because it never takes its hands away from its face
    What is always behind time?
    The back of the clock.
    What is the first thing you do when
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  2. Riddles

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    How does a sailor know there is a man in the moon?
    Because he has been to sea.
    How many sticks goes to a crow's nest?
    None. They are all carried.
    Full of holes and holds water.
    A sponge
    What is the shyest thing in the house?
    The clock because it never takes its hands away from its face
    What is always behind time?
    The back of the clock.
    What is the first thing you do when
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dick Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clerhaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Clerhaun, Co. Mayo