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School: Clochar na Trócaire (Maothal) (roll number 13770)

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Mohill, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
An tSr. Mícheal le Muire
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    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty got a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men would not put Humpty together again. Answer An egg
    What goes and never moves?
    Answer _ A clock
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the Church over steeple and all.
    Ans. The Sun
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry would not lift it up?
    As round as an apple.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Teresa Rowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mohill, Co. Leitrim