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School: Scoil na gCailíní, Iomaire Buidhe (roll number 9818)

Location:
Ummeraboy East, Co. Cork
Teacher:
E. Bean Uí Shuibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0355, Page 370

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    Riddles
    Spell broken down ditch in three letters.
    Gap.
    Spell bucket in four letters.
    Pail.
    What is it that the cat has that any other animal has not?
    Kittens.
    Why is a vain lady and a drunkard the same?
    Because they both like their glass.
    In a field there is a press and in the press there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup which everyone must taste.
    Death.
    What is a horse shoe like?
    It is like a mare's shoe.
    What fruit is in a penny?
    The date.
    How many sides in a bucket?
    Two; inside and outside.
    In what side of a cup is the handle?
    In the outside.
    What three things cannot be found?
    A pair of shoes for the foot of the hill, a sheet for the bed of the ocean.
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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
    Peggie O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonasleen East, Co. Cork