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School: Bánóg (roll number 7222)

Location:
Banoge, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Riordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0506, Page 204

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    Riddles
    A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire?
    Answer - A cage.
    What goes up (with) when the rain comes down?
    Answer - An umbrella.
    What is taken to the table, cut, and yet never eaten?
    Answer - A deck of cards.
    As black as ink, as white as milk, and hops on the road like hailstone
    Answer - A magpie
    There is a little man in the middle of the filed, if you lift his hand his nose will bleed?
    Answer: A pump
    Four men - great and tall , - the same employment they have all, one going in, the other going out, the four men go round about?
    Answer - Four knitting needles.
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