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School: An Bealach, Crosaire an Ghúlaigh (roll number 1131)

Location:
Ballagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Diarmuid Mac Fhloinn
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    (1) The blind beggar had a brother and the brother died. The blind beggar's father was a father to the man that died. How near related was the blind beggar to the man that died.
    Ans - Sister
    Go around the house with their heads down.
    Ans - The nails in your boots.
    What goes around the world, always in a corner and yet never moves?
    Ans - A stamp on a leter
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Siobhán Ní Riain
    Gender
    Female