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School: Claonar agus Carraig, Cill an Mhuilinn

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Killavullen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Síothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0372, Page 232

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. Two ducks before a duck two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle how many ducks is that.
    A. Three ducks
    Q. At what time of year are soldiers tired
    A. At the end of March.
    Q. As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church even steeple and all.
    A. The sun.
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  2. Riddles

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    Q A man from Manchester sent home to his sister a bottomless vessel for holding raw meat.
    A A ring
    Q If a man got sixpence for walking thirty miles what would he get for walking a hundred miles.?
    A Sore feet.
    Q What has a head but can't get a hat to fit it.
    A Bray head.
    Q Whitey told whitey to turn whitey out of whitey.
    A The white man told the white dog to turn the white cow out of the white cabbage.
    A Why do we go to bed.?
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Cronin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrig Demesne, Co. Cork