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School: Cornagilta (roll number 16408)

Location:
Cornagilty, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Luke Owens
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    (continued from previous page)
    There was a man who bought a thing,
    The thing he bought he did not want it,
    The man who sold it could not use it,
    The man who used it did not know it
    What is it?
    Answer:
    A coffin
    What runs from Dublin to Belfast and back again and never moves?
    Answer:
    The railway lines
    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
    Informant
    Michael Mc Kenna
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Drumcoo (Brady), Co. Monaghan