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School: Ballinacree (C.) (roll number 13966)

Location:
Ballynacree, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Eibhlín Bean Uí Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 341

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    Riddles
    1. Said the child to the Father how does it come that your my Father and I am not your son.
    Ans. Because she was his daughter.
    2. What fish does a parrot like
    Ans. A perch
    3. As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man
    Ans. A penny
    4. How many feet have forty sheep a shepherd and a dog
    Ans. Two feet
    5. If an ass eats three quarters of a turnip what time is it
    Ans. A quarter to eight
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    English