School: St Columba's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 010

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 010

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    as grass and as black as ink what is it?
    A blackberry.
    If twelve penny stamps cost a shilling how many halfpenny ones would you get for a dozen? Twelve.
    What runs from Derry to back without moving?
    The railway line.
    What dries and wets at the same time?
    A towel.
    A hardworking mother, an old lazy father.
    Twelve little children all like on another.
    What is it? The face of a clock.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English