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School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)

Location:
Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Ceit
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. Middy-noddy, round body, three feet and a wooden hat.
    A. A pot.
    Q. What is it, a hard working father, a lazy old mother, twelve little children all like one another?
    A. A clock.
    Q. If a person eats three quarters of an apple, What time is it?
    A. Quarter to eat.
    Q. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
    Humpty Dumpty got a great fall,
    All the King's horses and all the King's men wouldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again.
    A. An egg.
    Q. How many sticks goes to a crow's nest?
    A. None, because they are all carried.
    Q. What is always in your mouth and you never eat it?
    A. Your tongue.
    Q. What is the difference between a rainy day and a toothache?
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Patrick Joseph Killeen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon