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School: Kilnagross (roll number 12317)

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Kilnagross, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
John Hunt
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    from her dwelling and seldom come home. Ans = A ship.
    18. What has eyes but cannot see. Ans = A potatoe.
    19. A houseful a roomful and cannot catch a spoonful.
    Ans = Smoke.
    20. What is brought to the table cut but never eaten. Ans = A pack of cards.
    21. Three feet in the air two on the ground. A head of the living and a mouth of the dead. Ans = A pot on a man's head.
    22. What eats out of four corners of the wood. Ans = A pig eating out of the four corners of a trough.
    23. What makes a pair of boots. Ans = two boots.
    24. What man wears the biggest hat. Ans = the man with the biggest head.
    25. What has legs but cannot walk. Ans = A table.
    26. What is always stirring and never stirs out of its place.
    Ans = A pig's tail.
    27. When is a door not a door. Ans = When it is a -jar.
    28. Why is a drawn tooth like something forgotten. Ans = because it is gone out of your head.
    29. What goes up when rain comes down. Ans = An Umbrella.
    30. Flies high lights low cuts grass but never mows. Ans = Goose.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
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    Collector
    Annie Mc Manus
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corderry (Peyton), Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Annie Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annaghkeenty, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Annie Tighe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corderry (Peyton), Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Kathleen Casey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corderry (Peyton), Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Mary Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisdromarea North, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Monica O Hara
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Millpark, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Rose Ann Banaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumgowla, Co. Leitrim