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School: Cill Díoma (B.) (roll number 6516)

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Kildimo, Co. Limerick
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Seosamh Ó Scealláin
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    A. The moon.
    Q. Long legs crooked thighs small head and no eyes?
    A. A tongs.
    Q. I had a little house and a mouse couldn't fit in it and all the men in town couldn't count all the windows in it?
    A. A thimble.
    Q. Why is a sweet like a race horse?
    A. Because the more you lick it the quicker it will go.
    Q. Two "n's two "o's" an "l" and a "d" put them together and spell them for me?
    A. London.
    Q. It is black it is white and red all over?
    A. The newspaper.
    Q. What has three feet and can't walk?
    A. A yard.
    Q. What has a tongue and can't talk?
    A. A boot.
    Q. If there are 99 pieces in a trouser what time would it be?
    A. Time to get a new one.
    Q. What has an eye and cannot see?
    A. A potato.
    Q. As black as ink as white as snow and hops
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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
    Thomas O Rourke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glennameade, Co. Limerick