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School: Grianán Ailigh (roll number 2049)

Location:
Grianan of Aileach, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Niall S. Mac Aoidh
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    A Collection of riddles.
    What smells most when you go into a perfume shop?
    Your nose.
    When is a cow the roundest?
    When she is salted in a barrel.
    The beginning of eternity the end of time and space. The beginning of every end and the end of every place.
    The letter E.
    What is the difference between a school-master and a station master?
    One minds the trains and the other trains the mind.
    As round as an apple, as
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Campbell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlecooly, Co. Donegal