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School: Lorrha (C.) (roll number 601)

Location:
Lorrha, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Gertrude M. Lee
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    Long legs, short thighs, little head and no eyes?
    (A pair of tongs)
    What is the difference between a hill and a pill?
    (A pill is hard to get down and a hill is hard to go up)
    Jimmy inside the ditch, and Jimmy outside the ditch and if you touch Jimmy he will bite you?
    (A nettle)
    What goes around the world in a corner?
    (A stamp)
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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
    Lexy Killeen
    Address
    Lorrha, Co. Tipperary