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School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

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Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 443

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    Answer: As many as you have dip for.
    (92) Adam and Eve and "pinch me" went to the sea to bathe. Adam was drowned and Eve was drowned.
    Which of them was saved.
    Answer: "Pinch me."
    (93) A donkey was tied with a rope to a pole in a file, one day. He was very thirsty and was trying to get a drink in a pond beside him but he was at linity [?] only to go very near its brink. He tried every plan he could think of. How did he get a drink.
    Answer: Will you give it up ..... Well the ass give it up too.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máirín Nic Dhíarmuda
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Behy, Co. Roscommon