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School: Edengorra (roll number 9597)

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Edengora, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Michael Hetherton
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    Q. In yonder meadow there stands a man. He is neither fish, flesh, feather or bone. What is he?
    A. A Mushroom
    Q. What is deeper than the sea?
    A. A Tailor's Thimble.
    Q. As I went out on a guttery gap
    I met a little man with a red cap
    He had a stick in his hand and a stone in his belly
    Riddle me that I will give you a penny
    A. A Haw
    Q. Little Jenny Huddle sits in a puddle
    The longer she sits the shorter she gets
    A. A Candle
    Q. How many feet have forty sheep a shepherd and his dog?
    A. Two Feet
    Q. I have a little house and it would not hold a mouse, but there are more windows on it than the Lord Mayor's house?
    A. A Thimble.
    Q. When I got it I sat down to look for it and when I could not get it I ran home with it?
    A. A Thorn in your foot
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