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School: Empor (roll number 941)

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Emper, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Gallagher
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    1. I went into an orchard and I saw apples on a tree I took no apples left no apples how was that.
    Ans. There were only two apples on the tree.
    2. What is the most inconvenient time to catch a train.
    Ans. Fifty minutes past twelve because its ten to one if you catch it.
    3. Black and white and read all over.
    Ans. The newspaper.
    4. I got up on an ass what did I get down off.
    Ans. A goose.
    5. Why is a dog like a tree.
    Ans. Because they both loose their bark when dead.
    6. I have but one eye and thats without sight. I am sharp, and thats without wit, I am bright, and thats without sense, I am a fortune of many and the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Glynn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Owen Glynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Patrick Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Patrick Halion
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath