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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (roll number 5215)

Location:
Ballina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John McGee
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    What has a head and can't get a hat to fit it?
    Ans. Bray Head.
    If a man got 6d for walking 30 miles what would he get for walking 100 miles?
    Ans. Sore Feet.
    Why is a drawn tooth like something you have forgotten?
    Ans. Because it is gone out of your head.
    What is it, that the older it gets the smaller it grows?
    Ans. A Candle.
    What is that which is full in the day and empty at night?
    Ans. A Shoe.
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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
    E Kelly
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Mayo