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School: An Páirtín

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Parteen, Co. Clare
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Ciarán Ó Ceallaigh
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    Q. Why does a hen pick a pot.
    A. Because she cant lick it,
    Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch.
    A. Because she can't look under it.
    Q. Why does a hen cross the road.
    A. To get to the other side.
    Q. There is a little house a mouse could not fit in it and all the men in town could not count how many windows in it.
    A. A thimble.
    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
    Violet Kennedy
    Gender
    Female