School: Muchgrange (C.), Greenore (roll number 7278)

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1. Riddles

   

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   A car full of people went over a bridge and not a single one in it
   (They were all married)

   Two N's two O's an r and a C put that together and spell it for me.
   (Connor)

   Its damp, its moist its green by the bank, and its fit for a king to lie in.
   (A grave)

   A big fat mother, a long thin father, three dirty children all like one another.
   (A three legged pot)

   Why is a greedy boy like a caterpillar.
   (They both make the butter-fly.)

   Ten men went to China in a teapot - what's that.
   (A lie.)

   What is it that the more you take out the bigger it gets.
   (A hole)

   A hard working father a wee lazy mother, and twelve wee children all like one another.
   (A clock)

   Old mother twitchety had but one eye,
   And a long tail which she let fly,

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nan Mc Grane

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Ballagan, Co. Louth