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School: Glenderry (roll number 10403)

Location:
Glenderry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Gleathbhúir
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    What's empty all night and full all day? Your shoes.
    Why is Sunday the strongest day in the week? Because the others are "week" days.
    What goes to Dublin without stopping? A train track.
    There was a fiddler in Cork and a fiddler in Clare. The fiddler in Clare was a brother to the fiddler in Cork and the fiddler in Cork was no brother to the fiddler in Clare. How was that? The fiddler in Cork was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheal Gaynor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenderry, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Tomas Gaynor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenderry, Co. Kerry