School: Fairgreen

Location:
Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Mac Gabhann
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  1. What stands one leg with its heart in its head?
    A cabbage
    A hard working father,a wee lazy twelve little children one like another?
    A clock
    What has eye and can't see?
    A needle
    What comes after cheese?
    mice
    I have a little man above in the field,when you pull his leg his nose will bleed?
    A pump
    If a fellow met a fellow in field of beans, could a fellow tell a fellow what that that fellow means. How many "f's"in that ?
    there are no "f's" in that.
    What is the greatest wonder in the world .
    To cure dead fish
    What is the greatest wonder in Europe?
    That Hungary does not eat turkey.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Magee
    Gender
    Female