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School: Clonard (roll number 16067)

Location:
Clonard, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Fithcheallaigh
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    other animal has
    Ans. Kittens
    Who may marry many a wife and yet live single all his life.
    Ans A Clergyman
    What is it that everybody sees and you can't see it
    Ans. the back of your head.
    It is in the meadow but cannot be cut, it is in the shop but cannot be sold.
    Ans. the rays of the sun.
    Up chip cherry and down chip cherry and all the men in chip cherry could not climb it
    Ans smoke
    One half dead the other living and a tail wagging
    Ans a dog with his head in a pot.
    Why does girls love looking at the moon
    Ans because there is a man in it.
    As round as an apple one side a woman and the other a man
    Ans a penny
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ticroghan, Co. Meath