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School: Iorball Sionnaigh (roll number 16923)

Location:
Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 025

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    .....it kicks with its breeches.
    A barnful and a byreful and you couldn't catch a dishful?.....smoke.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup when it goes down it never comes up?....a stone.
    What hangs over bog all winter?....a crook.
    What stands on one leg with its heart on its head?....a cabbage head.
    Head without hair,teeth without lips,long tail and no hips?...a rake.
    What is always behind time?....the back of a clock.
    As I went over Brooklyn Bridge,I saw a boat and it was crowded with people and their wasn't a single person on it?..........they were all married.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Joseph Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gola, Co. Monaghan