School: Tisrara (C.) (roll number 14930)

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   Riddles
   Black and white and read all over
   Answer. Newspaper.
   Under the fire and over the fire and the fire can't catch it
   Answer. A cake in an oven.
   A little red man by the wall
   He eats all he gets and drinks nothing at all.
   Answer. Fire
   The man that makes it never wears it
   The man that wears it never sees it.
   Answer. A coffin
   Why does a hen pick a pot?
   Answer. Because she can't lick it.
   As I fell out the window what did I fall against first?
   Answer. Against my will.
   Long-legged father, wide bodied mother, three little children all of one colour
   Answer. A pot.
   Ink, ank, under the bank,
   Ten drawing four.
   Answer. A woman milking a cow.
   Patch upon patch without any stitches.
   Answer. A cabbage

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   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Betty Mee

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coolderry, Co. Ros Comáin