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School: Baile na Martra (B.) (roll number 13647)

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Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán de Barra
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    Q. What goes over and under the water and never touches the water?
    A. An egg in a duck.
    Q. I have a little house and a mouse could not live in it and all the people in the town could not count how many windows in it?
    A. A thimble.
    Q. What goes through a wall, and never touches the wall?
    A. The sound of a drum.
    Q. What is the cleanest word in the alphabet?
    A. "T" Because it is in the middle of water.
    Q. Why is a rabbit's nose always shining?
    A. Because he has the puff at the other end.
    Q. I woke last night and I looked out the window and I saw twenty-six cats. Guess what time it was?
    A. Twenty-five after one.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Master M. Ahern
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismalaghlin, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr P. Ahern
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismalaghlin, Co. Cork