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School: Glin (B.)

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Glin, Co. Limerick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0481, Page 019

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    What is the deepest thing in the world.
    A tailor's thimble
    What is the most valuable thing a boy could have in his pocket.
    a hole.
    What part of a cow goes over the ditch first
    Her breath.
    What is it that when you touch its tail its nose will bleed.
    A plum.
    What is it that is first black, then white, and then red. A letter.
    What gets many boots but never wears them.
    A [footb] football.
    The man that made it never wore and the [mam] man that wore it never saw it. A coffin
    A coffin.
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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
    Patrick O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glin, Co. Limerick