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

Location:: Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
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Q What is the smallest bridge in the world. A The bridge of your nose. Q What is it that when you say it you break it? A Silence. Q. What is the most abused part of the body. A The eye, because it is under the lash all day and gets a good hiding at night. Q When is it dangerous to go to church. A When there is a Canon in the reading desk and a Big Gun in the pulpit. Q What has a tongue and can't talk. A A boot. Q Why is it dangerous to take a walk through the wood in Spring. A Because the trees are shooting. Q Why is a hat like a queen. A Because it has a crown. Q What has an eye and can't see. A A needle. Q What goes round the house and round the house and peeps in every corner. A The sun. Q When is a ship like snow. A When it is adrift.
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Topics
1. genre
  verbal arts (~1,483)
  riddles (~7,209)
Language

English
Collector
Mitchell Breakey
Gender

Male
Address

Cumry, Co. Monaghan

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