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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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    What bird can lift a heavy weight?
    The crane.
    Why are pigs like trees?
    They root to live.
    Why is a shoemaker so strong?
    He holds on to the last.
    When is the door like a barrel of whiskey?
    When it's tapped.
    Why is anger like a potato?
    It starts from the eye.
    Why do farmers shoot crows?
    Because they have "caws".
    Where are 2 heads better than one?
    In a barrel.
    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
    Brigid Lenehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rue, Co. Leitrim