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School: Baile Rua (Buachaillí)

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Ballyroe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Crosáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0014, Page 037

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  3. XML “A Funny Story”
  4. XML “Riddles”

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  1. A Funny Story (continued)

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  2. Riddles

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    What is an eye that cannot see. Answer: A needle. What are teeth that cannot bite. Answer: A comb. Inck and ank under the bank ten drawing four. Answer: A woman milking a cow. As I went up the garden I met my uncle Teddy pins and needles in his coat and off for Tipperary. Answer: A hedge hog. On younder clear, neither feather flesh nor bone or younder hill she lies alone. Answer: The Sun. As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the sea water would not fill it up. Answer: A tailor's thimble.
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