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School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)

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Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
S. Ó Dúnlaing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 479

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  1. Riddles

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    4.
    Q, What is the difference between a young baby, and a night cap?
    A. One is born to wed, and the other is worn in bed.
    Q. What is that which Adam never posessed, and yet left to each of his children?
    A. Parents.
    Q. How long did Cain hate his brother?
    A. As long as he was Abel.
    Q, What should you do if you split your sides with laughter?
    A. Run till you got a stitch in them.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ardaloo, Co. Kilkenny

  2. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. I washed my hands in water that never rained or run, and I dried them in a towel that was never worn or spun?
    A. The dew and the Sun.
    Q. What is it has eyes and cannot see?
    A. A potato.
    Q. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman the half of a man?
    A. A penny.
    Q. Hairy in and hairy out, hairy in to hairy's mouth?
    A. A man putting on his stocking.
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