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School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)

Location:
Louth, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Randles
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 013

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Because they run when exposed to fire.
    To what city should dirty childrens be sent to?
    Bath
    What is sweeter than jam in jam-pot?
    Jam in your mouth.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball, can climb the church over a steeple and all?
    The sun.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men of Derry culd not lift it up?
    A well
    It is in the rock, but its not in the stone, it is in the marrow but its not in the bone?
    The letter R
    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
    Pádraig Ó Lionnáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corderry, Co. Louth