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School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)

Location:
Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maolagáin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Ans because he stops quacking.
    10 Red rogue the world spell it with three letters.
    Ans A fox.
    11 I see it and you don't see it and it is nearer to you then it is to me.
    Ans. The back of your head.
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  2. Riddles

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    1 Why is a lawyer like a beggar
    Because he pleads for a living
    2 What teeth never bite,
    Ans The teeth of a comb
    3 Why is a man throwing a stone through a window like a doctor curing a gentleman of the gout.
    Ans. Because his is destroying a great pain.
    4 What county in Ireland can you put in a bottle
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Eugene Beglane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrownurlar, Co. Sligo