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School: Carraigín Rua

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Carrigeenroe, Co. Roscommon
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Séamus Sceamhantún
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    8. What relation to the father is the child that is not its own father's son?
    A daughter.
    9. What letter of the alphabet can be changed into another letter by turning it on its side?
    The letter N which becomes Z
    10. What would a turnip be if it was left in water overnight?
    Wet.
    11. How many bricks go to the building of a house?
    None, they have all to be carried to it.
    12. What is it everyone tries to get and then tries to get rid of.
    An appetite.
    13. To what man is it useless to tell hair-raising story?
    A bald-headed man.
    14. How many hairs in a cat's tail?
    None, they are all outside.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Anne Mattimoe
    Gender
    Female