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School: Gort an Locha (roll number 1414)

Location:
Gortalough, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
S. Ó Docraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 512

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    what goes round the house and round the house, and sleeps on its head at night? A nail in your boot.
    It was a month when Adam was a month. It was no more when Adam was four score. The moon.
    When does a lamp-post become a lamp lighter?
    When a lamp is taken off.
    Where was Moses when the light went out?
    In the dark.
    How many Christmasses are there more than Easter Sundays?
    Thirty-three because Christ lived thirty-three years on earth before he rose from the dead on Easter Sunday.
    How many poles would it take to reach the sky?
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Florrie Reid
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghanagh, Co. Sligo