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School: Cill an Mhuilinn, Malla (roll number 15903)

Location:
Killavullen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Donncha Magner
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0371, Page 060

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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    What walks with its head down
    A nail in your boot
    Why is it impossible to sweep out a room.
    Because you sweep out the dirt and leave the room.
    Why is a rhumatic person like a glass window.
    Because he is full of pains
    Which is the laziest class of people
    Tall people because they stay longer in bed
    What makes the Ocean get angry
    Because it is crossed so often
    Why is an undertaker like a skinflint
    Because he is always screwing people down
    Middy, Moddy round body three feet an a wooden hat
    A pot
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Russell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killavullen, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Michael Russell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killavullen, Co. Cork