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School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

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Cavan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Carmel
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    Q. What is that which goes about the wood and cannot get in?
    A. The bark of a tree.
    Q. What is that, I can hold in my hand, yet it will not lie (a) in a chest?
    A. A long spear.
    Q. Why is a blind heavy?
    A. Because he's led.
    Q. Which islands are the most social?
    A. Society islands
    Q. Little red Nancy has a little nose, the longer she lives, the shorter she grows.?
    A. A candle.
    Q> A duck bebfore two ducks, a duck behind two ducks, a duck in the middle between two ducks, how many ducks are there?
    A. Three ducks.
    Q. If you got a bottle of porter and you are not allowed to break
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cavan, Co. Cavan