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School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)

Location:
Oilgate, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Braoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 207

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A Newspaper
    What has no wings and can fly
    Dust
    What has 16 legs and can't walk
    8 pairs of trousers.
    What is the greatest wonder in the Map of Europe
    Because Hungry did not eat Turkey.
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    What is it that has no feet and wears boots.
    Gravel.
    What is the deepest thing in the world.
    A Tailor's timble.
    Why is a pig in a kitchen so much like a house on fire.
    Because the sooner it is put out the better.
    The man that made it could not use it
    the man that bought it did not want it and
    the man used it couldn't see it.
    A Coffin.
    Why is a loaf of bread on the top of a house so much like a racehorse.
    Because it is high bread.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aidan Parker
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Martingale, Co. Wexford