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School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)

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Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 392

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  3. XML “A Collection of Riddles”
  4. XML “The Care of Our Farm Animals”

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    egg but a white hen cannot lay a black egg.
    What words spells the same backward and forward?
    Ans. Reviver.
    What kind of hair had Moses' dog?
    Ans. Dog hair.
    If you had five apples, which of them would you eat first?
    Ans. The odd one.
    The King of Morocco built a ship an(d) in the ship his daughter sits an(d) I'll be blamed for telling her name an(d) that's three times I named her name?
    Ans. Ann.
    What has wings and cannot fly?
    Ans. A cart.
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  2. The Care of Our Farm Animals

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mac Feely
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Annie Mac Feely
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    46
    Address
    Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal