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School: Ballybay (Hall St.) (roll number 12378)

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Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
C. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 303

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    Q What goes away between two woods and comes back between two rivers.
    A A man with two pails of water
    Q. Riddle me right where I lay last night through a rock through a reel through an old spinning wheel through a bag of pepper through an old shin bone.
    A Moth
    Q Rings on her fingers bells on her toes, touch her in the middle and off she goes
    A A gun
    Q What goes through the the wood and through the wood and never touches the wood
    A A knife in a man's pocket
    Q What stands outside the wood and eats inside the wood
    A A pig eating out of a trough
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