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School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile

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Collooney, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
An tSr. Teresita
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    1. Why is a fishing rod like a railway station? - Because it is no good without a line
    2. My first is in toffee and also in that
    My second is in parcel and also in part
    My third and my fourth are in season you see
    My fifth and my sixth are in sure you'll agree
    When you find my seventh is in rose
    You can guess that my eight is in something I want to possess - Treasure
    3. Flies high, flies low, wears boots and has none? - A football
    4. What four letters of the alphabet is a burglar mostly afraid of? - O. I. C. U.
    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
    Mona O' Grady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathrippin, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Edward O' Grady
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45