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School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)

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Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0235, Page 149

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    What month in the year do people speak least? In February.
    What weight is the moon? A cwt. because it has four quarters.
    What is black and white and red (read) all over? A newspaper.
    The longer it lives the shorter it grows.- A candle.
    What always walks with its head faced downwards? A nail in a man's boot.
    What is the difference between a heart-rug and a bottle of medicine ? The former is taken up and shaken, while the latter is shaken up and taken.
    What is the difference between a hill and a pill? One is hard to get up while the other is hard to get down.
    What has a head, a foot and four legs? A bed.
    The man that owns it does not see it, the man that sees it does not use it? A coffin.
    What city fits in a bottle? Cork.
    What side of a cup is the handle on? The outside.
    What has a tongue and still can not talk? A boot.
    It hops high, hops low, wears boots and still has none- A football.
    What has an ear and cannot hear? A cup.
    If sixty (six tea) cups were on the table, four fell off, howmany were left? Two.
    I see it, you do not, yet it is nearer to you than me? The back of your head.
    Howmany ladders would reach to Heaven? One if it were long enough.
    What is it that people have, don't like it and still would not part with it? A bald head.
    What is it that gets wet while drying? A towel.
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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
    Esther Coleman
    Gender
    Female