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School: Naomh Colm Cille, Craigtown (roll number 171)

Location:
Magheradrumman, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Brian E. Ó Gallchobhair
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    Question What has two hands but cannot wash its face?
    Ans The clock.
    Q What goes round the house and round the house and lays an egg in every corner
    Ans Hailstones
    Q What stands on one leg and has its heart in its head
    Ans A cabbage
    Q Riddle me, riddle me what is that over my head and under my hat.
    Ans The hair of my head.
    Q What goes round the house and round with my father's coat on it?
    Ans A sheep.
    Q Twenty white sheep on a red hill here they go there they go now they stand still.
    Ans The teeth in your gums.
    Q Which is the easier to spell geese or goose?
    Ans Geese because you can spell
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Farren
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Craigtown, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Craigtown, Co. Donegal