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School: Fahan Lower (roll number 14506)

Location:
Fahan Lower, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
R. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 521

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    What is the difference between twice twenty eight and twice eight and twenty?
    Answer: Twenty
    Why donkey prefer thistles to corn
    Answer: Because he is an ass
    What is the greatest "pear" England ever produced.
    Answer: Shakespeare
    What colour is a grass plot covered with snow?
    Answer: Green
    You can't open it unless you break it. What is it?
    Answer: An Egg
    What goes up when the rain comes down?
    Answer: An umbrella
    What has a heart and one leg?
    Answer: A cabbage.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Dougherty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Buncrana, Co. Donegal