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School: Baile Uí Fhiacháin

Location:
Newport, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
T. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 038

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    a head a foot and four legs?
    answer: a bed
    why does a hen cross the road?
    answer: to get to the other side
    under the fire and over the fire but never touches the fire?
    answer: a cake in an oven
    as round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in the country would not pull it up?
    answer: a well
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    English