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School: Ferrybank, Waterford (roll number 14999)

Location:
Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
R. Ó Luinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 144

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  1. Riddles (continued)

    “As round as a marble; as flat as a pan...”

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    a tight shoe and an (of) oak tree?
    One makes corns ache and the other makes acorns.
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    “What has a head a foot and four legs?”

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    What has a head a foot and four legs?
    A bed.
    When he is a schoolboy like a postage stamp?
    When he is licked and stuck in the corner to stick to his letters.
    Why are old stockings like mice?
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    J. Cummins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferrybank, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Cummins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ferrybank, Co. Waterford