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School: Ballynarry

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Ballynarry, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0989, Page 003

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  1. Proverbs (continued)

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    A good book is the best of friends.
    A friend in need is a friend indeed.
    Too many cooks spoil the brath.
    Dont go to the goats house for wool.
    A little pot is soon hot
    A pigs ear can never make mutton
    Better alone than in bad company
    Hills look green when far away.
    When the wins is in the scene is out.
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  2. Riddles

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    Where did noah cut the tree that he built his ark with
    At the buth.
    What has one eye and cannot see.
    A needle
    What always behind time
    The back of a clock.
    How many hares is a bull.
    Four.
    Which of the grey goose or the white goose is the gander.
    Neither
    Whats brought to the table cut and never eaten
    A pack of cards.
    Why is Mrs boylans like a bog hole.
    Because the bank is over it
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Mc Garry
    Gender
    Female