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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
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Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    Q. Sixteen legs, and can't walk?
    A. Eight pairs of trousers.
    Q. Black and white and read all over?
    A. A news paper.
    Q. Why does a cobblers shop resemble hell?
    A. Because it is full of bad soles.
    Q. What is the difference between a Teacher and an engine-driver?
    A. One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
    Q. Long thing legless, comes to the door footless. Saying woman within keep in your hen as for your dog I care not a pin?
    A. A worm.
    Q. As round as an apple as plump as a pale it never cries out until it is caught by the tail?
    A. A bell.
    Q. What can you fill a bag with that will
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cissie Barnes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corracoolia, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Francis Barnes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corracoolia, Co. Galway