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School: Cill na Naomh

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Kilnaneave, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Flannagáin
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    A blind fiddler in Dublin had a brother, a blind fiddler in Cork but the blind fiddler in Cork had no brother a blind fiddler in Dublin.
    Answer: The blind fiddler in Dublin was a sister.
    There was a thing a full month old when Adam was no more but before that thing was five weeks old, Adam was five score.
    Ans. The moon.
    What is the strongest animal in the world.
    Ans. The snail, because he can carry his house on his back.
    Once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in thousand years.
    Ans. The letter 'm'.
    A little man out in the field when you pull his leg, his nose will bleed.
    Ans. A pump.
    A little man with timber nose and iron toes and I bet you a pound it would frighten the crows.
    Ans. A gun.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    Collector
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