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School: Ceis (roll number 15342)

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Kesh, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 305

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    Question- Long legs, crooked thighs little head and no eyes?
    Answer- fire tongs
    Q- what gets larger the more you take from it?
    A- a hole in the ground.
    q- What can you keep after giving?
    A- your word
    Q- why is a card-player always in good company?
    A-Because he plays with kings and queens
    Q- As small as a mouse and has as many windows as a kings house?
    A- a thimble
    Q- What has eyes and cannot see?
    A- a shoe
    Q- If two black men ate one white man what was the number of the car?
    A- 2 8 1
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Greenan, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Patrick Costello
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greenan, Co. Sligo