School: Tobar (C.)

Location:
Tober, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Bean Uí Thóirdhealbhaigh
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  1. The king of Italy built a ship and in that ship his daughter sits and I would be blamed if I told you the name and thats three times I mentioned it.
    And
    As round as and apple as plump as a ball can climb over the chapel, steeple and all.
    The sun
    Why is a cat's tail like a sawn's bosom.
    Because it grows down.
    What bed is soft, well covered, nicely mad yet not meant to be slept on
    A flower bed
    Where was Moses when the
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Connor
    Gender
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