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School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

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Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Donnchadh Cuirtéis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0899, Page 373

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Under the butt of an ivy tree?
    A. A fox burying his mother
    Q. What is it that's neither within nor without, but it's under the roof of a house?
    A. A window.
    Q. How many kinds of trees grow in the wood?
    A. Two kinds, crooked and straight.
    Q. How many sticks go to make a crow's nest?
    A. None, she carries them all.
    Q. When is a cow the roundest?
    A. When she is licking her tail.
    Q. Why does a chicken cross the road?
    A. To get to the other side
    Q. What stands in a field all day, on one leg and a big belly?
    A. A head of cabbage.
    Q. What walks with his head down?
    A. A nail in your boot.
    Q. I have a little sister,
    I call her red nose
    The longer she lives,
    The shorter she grows?
    A. A candle.
    Q. What has four legs and cannot walk?
    A. A bed.
    Q. What sits by the wall, eats all it gets and
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