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School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)

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Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 221

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    44 What goes all round the house standing on its head?
    A brush
    45 Under fire, over fire and never touches fire.
    A cake in an oven.
    46 A sidecar of people went over a bridge and there not a single person on it.
    They were all married.
    47 The man that made it never wore it. The man that wore it never saw it.
    A coffin.
    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
    Donal Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Donal Duggan
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Francis Kelleher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scarteen Lower, Co. Cork
    Collector
    William J. Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scarteen Lower, Co. Cork