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School: Carraigín Rua

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Carrigeenroe, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Séamus Sceamhantún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0235, Page 58a

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    What is it that you and I and every living person has seen and will never see again? Yesterday.
    Why is a stupid boy boy like an Indian jungle? Because he is very dence.
    What runs but has no legs? Water.
    When was beef the highest?
    When the cow jumped over the moon.
    Why is Berlin the happiest town in the world? Because its always on the Spree.
    What two towns in France are like a badly made trousers? Toulon and Toulouse
    What water comes not from the sky or the ocean and is sometimes as bitter as gaul and sometimes as sweet as honey? Tears
    Who is the wretch that is buried alive
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    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
    Winnie Kelly