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School: Christian Bros., Drogheda (roll number 16718)

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Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Ó Siordáin
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    8. Q. What is it a poor man has and a rich man wants?
    A. Nothing.
    9. Q. What is the left side of a plum pudding?
    A. The side left over.
    10. Why should you never tell a secret in a corn-field?
    A. Because there are too many ears.
    11. Q. What is older than the oak?
    A. The elder.
    12. Q. A riddle, a riddle as I suppose,
    A hundred eyes and never a nose?
    A. A strainer.
    13. Patches upon patches without any stitches. Riddle me this and I will buy you a pair of britches?
    A. A head of cabbage.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Hodgins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Hardman's Gardens, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr James Matthews
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Millmount Square, Co. Louth