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School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Boys) (roll number 16332)

Location:
Skerries, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
T. Mc Namee
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0785, Page 85

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    (8) It goes round the house and round the house all day and sleeps in the corner at night?
    Answer: A brush.
    (9) As round as an apple as red as a haw, can climb the Church, steeple and all?
    Answer; The Sun.
    (10) Its all patches and no stitches?
    Answer; A head of cabbage.
    (11) As I went over a farmer's field I saw a man with no legs walking, a man with no arms boxing, a blind man watching bees. What are they?
    Answer; Lies.
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    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
    John Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Strand Street, Co. Dublin