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School: Beann Gulban (roll number 3301)

Location:
Kiltykere, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Giolla Mhártain
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    ink and ink it isn't, what is it?
    Ans:- A blackberry.
    1. The King of the rocks built a ship
    an(d) in the ship his daughter dwelt an(d) I'd be sorry to tell her name an(d) there's three times I've told it.
    Ans:- Ann.
    2. A little thing a little smaller than a mouse : and has more holes than windows in a king's house.
    Ans :- A thimble.
    3. What grows to the ground?
    Ans :- A cow tail.
    4. Four little sisters so long and so thin when one is out the other is in.
    Ans :- Knitting needles.
    5. A leapper of ditches, a clipper of throns, two leather lugs and a pair of horns.
    Ans :- A goat.
    6. Fatherless, motherless, born without sin, came to the world and was never heard of again.
    Ans :- A new day.
    7. What has a mouth and no tongue?
    Ans :- A river.
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