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School: Ballysadare (C.) (roll number 9922)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0176, Page 147

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    What turns without moving
    Sweet milk getting sour.
    What has a face and never washes it.
    The Clock.
    What is it that is full of holes and yet holds water.
    A Sponge.
    What is it that is full and yet holds more.
    A Pot of potatoes.
    Two black men and a white man were in a car. If the two black men ate the white man. What was the number of the car.
    281
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, as high as Killala and steeple and all.
    The Sun.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female