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School: St Anne's, Easkey (roll number 13968)

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Easky, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Cáit Nic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0165, Page 154

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    other takes a lot of getting down.
    Why is Westminster Abbey like the heart fire?
    Because they both enclose the ashes round the grate.
    Who saves the most souls? The shoemaker.
    Why do we buy clothes?
    Because we cannot get them for nothing.
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man? A Penny.
    Flies high flies low wears boot's and has none?
    A football.
    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
    Annie Morrison
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fortland, Co. Sligo