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School: Cluain an Iubhair (roll number 15213)

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Cloonanure, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Háinlighe
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  1. Riddles I Have Heard Locally (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    (77) Contd.
    still is never out of sight?
    The letter "I."
    (78) Why does a cobbler work until midnight?
    Because it is never too late to mend.
    (79) As round as an apple, as plump as a ball,
    Cut it in the middle, and it is nothing at all?
    A bubble.
    (80) When it unites it divides and when it divides it unites?
    A scissors.
    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
    Leo Dodd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Chacefield, Co. Sligo