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School: Kiffa

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Kiffagh, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
Helen Dinneen
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 099

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. If it takes seven men, seven days to dig seven holes how long will it take one man to dig half a hole? You would not dig half a hole.
    Q. Two ducks in front of a duck and two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle between two ducks. How many did I drive to the pond? Three.
    Q. What is that which you cannot hold a minute although it is as light as a feather? Your breath.
    Q. What is both inside and outside? A window.
    Q. What goes around the wood and round the wood and comes home between two waters? A man with two pails of water.
    Q. Niddy noddy, round body little head and no eyes? A pot.
    Q. What goes round the house and round the house and sleeps at the door at night? A path.
    Q. As black as ink as white as milk can hop the road like hailstones?
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