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School: Aodh Rua, Dún na nGall (roll number 13382)

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Séamus Mag Shamhráin
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    saw ere-a-rat. (ararat).
    A. Where was Adam going when he was in his thirty-ninth year?
    A. Going into his fortieth.
    A. What is that which cannot (go) be right, but never wrong?
    A. An Angle
    A. What key is the stiffest to turn?
    A. A don-key.
    A. What key does most harm?
    A. Whis-key.
    A. What bar often (shuts) opens but never closes?
    A. A crow-bar
    A. What game is like the motion of a vessel in a storm?
    A. Pitch and toss.
    A. Why does a dock put its head under the water?
    A. For divers reasons.
    A. What is that, which if you name it, you brak[sic] it.
    A. Silence.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Shaun Mac Intyre
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal