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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
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Siúracha na Trócaire
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. What is the shyest thing in the world?
    A. A clock because it always has its hands on its face.
    Q How would you save your soul?
    A. Walk on your heels
    Q. If a grate and iron cost 50/= what will a ton of coal come to?
    A. Ashes.
    Q What can't God see?
    A. A rib of hair on a baldy mans head.
    Q Who died the night before she was born?
    A. Eve, because she was never norn.
    Q. When did March fall in May on the 25th of July?
    A General March fell in May on the 25th July.
    Q Everyone in the world has one, no body has two but still there are thousands without one?
    A A Mother.
    Q Why does a hen pick a pot?
    A Because she could not lick it
    Q As round as a marble as flat
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Biddy Nash
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shanakyle, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Patrick O Dwyer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyvadlea, Co. Tipperary