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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Ráth Luirc

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Charleville, Co. Cork
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An Br. Ó Móráin
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    Why should an engine driver never carry a watch?
    Because the train would then be behind time.
    What are the two most jealous letters in the Alphabet?
    N.V.
    When is T like an island?
    When it is in the middle of water
    What are the four letters that frightens a robber?
    O.I.C.U.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dermot Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killacolla, Co. Limerick