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School: Achadh Mín, Dundalk (roll number 3407)

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Aghameen, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Bean Uí Riada
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    Riddles 1th 7 - 1938
    1 Why is a plum-cake like the ocean
    Ans Because it contains many currants.
    2 What is taken from you before you get it
    And Your portrait.
    3 Name a common miracle in Ireland
    Ans Waking the dead.
    4 How does a sailor know there is a man in the moon. Because he has been to see.
    5 What does a football do when kicked up.
    Ans It stops in the air for a while and looks round.
    6 Why is an umbrella like a pancake
    Ans Because it is seldom seen after lent.
    7 What is the best way to make a coat last
    Ans Make the trousers and vest first.
    8 When may a man be said to breakfast in bed.
    Ans When he takes a roll before rising.
    9 As round as an apple as flat as a pan half it a woman and half it a man
    And A penny.
    Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I'll by you a pair of breeches
    Ans A cabbage
    Joe Rice
    15 - 7 - '38
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Rice
    Gender
    Male