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School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)

Location:
Carlanstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0708, Page 127

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    "What goes under the water and over the water and never tips the water?"
    A man crossing a drain with a pail of water.
    "I have a little house and it would'nt hold a mouse and it has as many windows as the Lords Mayors house?"
    A timble.
    "As round as an apple as plump as a ball, can climb over church steeple and all?"
    The sun.
    "What turns and never shakes?"
    Milk getting sour
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