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School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Girls) (roll number 16333)

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Skerries, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Caitlín Cadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 180

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is full of holes and yet holds water?
    A sponge.
    Forty sheep went over the gap, forty more came after that, six seven, ten, eleven, three and two, how many is that?
    Five.
    What is the last thing a lady does at night when she is getting into bed?
    Lifts her feet off the ground.
    Why is a schoolmistress like the letter l?
    Because she forms lasses into classes.
    I know a thing and it's full of meat, but it has no doors or windows to let me in to eat?
    An egg.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marie Derham
    Gender
    Female