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School: Árd-achadh (B.) (roll number 14075)

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Ardagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Anraoi Musgrave
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 006

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  2. A Collection of Riddles

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    There is a thing in the field and when you pull it’s hand its nose will bleed.
    Ans: A pump.
    It opens like a barn - door
    It closes like a trap
    Ans: Your mouth.
    ’Tis here ’tis there ’tis everywhere
    it takes a bite as big as a horse
    but still it eats no grass?
    Ans : A Scythe
    As I went out a slipper gap I met my uncle Davy, I cut off his head left his body easy.
    Ans: A head of cabbage.
    As round as an apple,
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