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School: Mulrankin

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Mulrankin, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0877, Page 191

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What goes up when the rain comes down?
    An Umbrella.
    What is the cheapest way of having supper?
    Bolt the door.
    As I looked out through a window I dropped a thing I never could catch,
    My Breath.
    Why is a policeman like a rainbow?
    Because he appears when the storm is up.
    As I walked in as I walked out, I saw the dead the life was in one flew six ran, tell me that and I'll be hung.
    A nest in a horses skull bone.
    What walks along although it has only one foot?
    A Stocking.
    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
    May Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mulrankin, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Willie Kendrick
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50