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School: Drumaweir (roll number 5228)

Location:
Drumaweer, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Aodh Ó Dómhnaill
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  1. Riddles

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    If your uncle's sister is not your aunt what relation is she to you?
    Your mother.
    Where is no place?
    In the gable of a round tower.
    Neither in the house nor out of the house. It is hanging on the wall.
    A Window.
    How many sides has a round tower?
    Two - the inside and outside.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Gill
    Gender
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  2. Riddles

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    What can go up the chimney down and cannot go down the chimney up?
    An umbrella.
    What grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earns its master many a pound?
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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