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School: Rathnure (C.) (roll number 12480)

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Rathnure Upper, Co. Wexford
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Cáit Ní Bholguidhir
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    As deep as a pail.
    And never gives tongue,
    'Till it's caught by the tail?
    A Bell
    What coloured letters do we eat ?
    Green peas.
    Why is O the noisiest of vowels?
    Because all the others are inaudible.
    Why is the letter D. like a wedding ring?
    Because you cannot have wed without it
    What insect lives on nothing?
    A moth because it eats holes.
    Name the most fragile race of men?
    China - men
    Why is a cow's tail like a swan's breast?
    Because it grows down.
    Twenty sheep went out in a gap.
    Twenty more followed that,
    Six, seven, twice eleven,
    Three, and two, How many is that?
    Five. 3+2=5.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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    English