School: Ceapach na bhFaoiteach (C.) Toem (roll number 14792)

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1. A Collection of Riddles

   

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   1. What is the oldest tree in the world? The elder. 2. What stick never grows? A candle stick. 3. What goes up when the rain comes down? An umbrella. 4. What talks but never moves? A gramophone. 5. As black as ink, as white as milk, and hops on the road like hailstones? A magpie. 6. What turns but never moves? Sour-milk. 7. Black and is white and read all over? A paper. 8. What goes to Cork without moving? The railway. 9. A fire under and a fire over and never touched the fire? A cake in the oven. 10. What is it that is full of holes

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Greenfield, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   55

   Address

   Greenfield, Co. Tipperary