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School: Cloncarneel

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Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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    The king of Morocco built a ship and in that ship his daughter sits and if I'm blamed for telling her name, and that is three times I told it?
    Ann.
    As I went into the wood I found it. I looked for it but couldn't get it. I left it there and brought it with me?
    A thorn in my foot
    What is the difference between a dog and a hen?
    The dog licks the pot hecause he can't pick it, and the hen picks it because she can't lick it.
    Why does a hen go across the road?
    Because she can't go under it
    What goes out the gap before the cow?
    Her breath
    If a man lifted ten loads of gravel on a dry day what would he lift on a wet day?
    An umbrella
    Why is it dangerous to go asleep in a train?
    Because the train goes across sleepers.
    Why is marriage always a failurre?
    Because the bride never marries the best man.
    Everything has it and so has an needle
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Janie Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corballis, Co. Meath