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School: Ballyline, Callan (roll number 14395)

Location:
Ballyline, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máire Nic Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0854, Page 051

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    the window, and he brought frame and all with him andd John stayed shouting after him for half the night.
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  2. Riddles

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    What goes up when the rain comes down?
    An Umberella.
    What covers the whole world but the sea and the sun?
    The dew.
    Why is a tempered man like 59 minutes past 12?
    Because he is going to strike one.
    What is behind time?
    The back of a clock.
    If I were in the sun and you out of it what would the sun be then?
    Sin.
    Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Because she could'nt lick it.
    As I was coming out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body easy?
    A bottle of stout.
    What is black and white and is red
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Miadhacain
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballyclovan, Co. Kilkenny