School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)

Location:
Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Liam Mac Coiligh
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  1. What smells most when meals are cooking
    Answer. Your nose
    What has a tongue that never utters a sound
    Answer. Your boot
    What tree is nearest to the sea
    Answer. The beach
    A lazy working mother, a hard working father, and twelve little black children
    Answer. The clock
    Headed like a timble tailed like a rat you may guess forever but you would not guess that.
    Answer. A pipe
    Black and white and read all over
    Answer. A newspaper
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Murray
    Gender
    Female