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

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    Riddles
    1. What is full and holds more?
    (A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.)
    2 What belongs to you yet everybody uses it more than you do?
    (Your name)
    3 What has a tongue that cannot utter a sound?
    (Your boot)
    4 What can you knit without knitting needles?
    (Your brows)
    5 What tree is nearest to the sea?
    (The beech.)
    6 What vegetable is dangerous if found on board a ship (A leek)
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Peggie Rogerson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Galway