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School: Beárna, Galbally (roll number 12655)

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Barna, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
C. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 476

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    A magpie.
    I have a little horse with an iron throat as fast as he gallops he swallows the rope?
    A sewing machine.
    What walks on its head?
    The nails in your boot.
    Once in every mountain once in every moon twice in Summer but not in June?
    The letter M
    What is that which a cat has but no other animal has?
    Kittens.
    Why is an umbrella like a pancake?
    Because it is seldom seen after lent.
    Why did Adam bite the apple Eve gave him?
    Because he has no knife.
    Why is a policeman like an aeroplane?
    Because they both take people up.
    Which to never suffers
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josie Martin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boolanlisheen, Co. Limerick