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School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)

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Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Michael Quinn
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    Answer - His own equal
    9. A hard working father, a lazy old mother, a lazy old father and twelve little children all the same colour?
    Answer - The face of the clock
    10. As I looked out the window I saw a dead man carrying a live man?
    Answer - A man riding a bicycle
    11. A white goose and a grey goose, which of them is the grander?
    Answer - Neither of them is the grander
    12. A little messenger going from house to house and sleeps out at night?
    Answer - A path
    13. As I went out a gap, I met my uncle Tom, a stick in his hand, a stone in his middle. Riddle me that and I will give you a fiddle?
    Answer - A haw
    14. What are the three hardest things to be found on earth?
    Answer - A show for the good of a mountain. A towel for the face of the earth and a sheet for the bed of the ocean
    15. Ink-ank under the bank ten drawing four.
    Ans - A person milking a cow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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