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School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)

Location:
Maolán na nGabhar, Co. Loch Garman
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Braoin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Why is dancing like new milk.
    Because it strengthens the calves.
    What key is the hardest to turn,
    The donkey.
    What kind of fish does a cobbler want.
    Soles.
    What kind of fish is everyone except yourself
    Selfish.
    Lying by the wall eats all it gets and drinks none at all.
    A fire.
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  3. Riddles

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    When is a shoemaker dying.
    When he is preparing the sole for the last.
    What has a head and can't get a hat to to fit it.
    Bray head.
    If a man got sixpence for walking thirty miles what would he get for walking a hundred miles.
    Sore feet.
    Why is a drawn tooth like something you have forgotten.
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    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Maolán na nGabhar, Co. Loch Garman