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School: Cill Fhínghín (roll number 16222)

Location:
Killeeneen More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Ceallaigh
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  1. Riddles

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    How many days belong to a year?
    Ans.= 325. The rest are Lent.
    Which would you rather, a lion to eat you, or a tiger.
    Ans.= I would rather the lion to eat the tiger.
    When were there only two vowls.
    Ans.= The time of (Noah) no a, which was before "you" and "I" were kown.
    Why will Ireland soon be rich?
    Ans.= Because its capital is Dublin.
    What is the biggest ant in the world?
    Ans.= The elephant.
    Why is twice ten like twice eleven.
    Ans,= Twice ten makes twenty and twice eleven makes twenty "two."
    What is it, the more (you) you (took) take out of it the bigger it gets?
    Ans.= A hole.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Caheradine, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Forde
    Informant
    Patrick Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    34
    Address
    Caheradine, Co. Galway