School: Lecks

Location:
Lecks, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
C. Ní Dhiarmuida
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  1. Riddles
    What word in the English language is both sweet and sour ?
    Tart
    Name the most fragile race of men?
    China men
    What goes most against a farmer's grain?
    A reaping machine
    What insect lives on nothing?
    A moth, because it eats holes.
    What is that which a cat has, but no other animal?
    Kittens
    What coloured letters do we eat?
    Green peas
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English