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School: Ballinagore (C.) (roll number 16341)

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Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Miss A. Heduan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 201

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    number of the car? 281.
    Why do you go to bed? Because it wont come to you.
    What calves always follow you? The calves of your legs.
    How many legs are there on a billard table? There are no legs on the table they are all under it.
    What sort of a rivulet beheaded becomes a bird? A brook.
    How many sticks go to the crows nest?
    None of them go she carried them all.
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