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School: Crury (roll number 3134)

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Creevy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Martin Keegan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1029, Page 345

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What has an ear but cannot hear?
    A spade.
    What has an eye but cannot see?
    A needle.
    What is it when they are closed they are opened and when they are opened they are closed?
    The railway gates.
    How could you compare a dead duck with a dead doctor?
    Because both have stopped quacking.
    What turns without moving?
    Milk.
    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
    Denis Roper
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilbarron, Co. Donegal