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School: Teampall Mhuire

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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 009

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    (6) Black and white and read all over. A Book
    (7) What comb is the sweetest?
    Ans = A Honeycomb.
    (8) What is the lightest thing in the world?
    Ans = Light
    (9) Why is a hungry man like a glutton?
    Ans = Because one longs to eat and the other eats too long.
    (10) Why are policemen like the days of man?
    Because they are numbered.
    (11) What has a neck and body but nothing else?
    Ans = A bottle.
    (12) Which ship do we all like to avoid?
    And = A hardship
    (13) What is that which never asks
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Lynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Jordan
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo