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School: Baile Dubh (2), (B.)

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Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Murchadha
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    What is always behind time?
    Answer. The back of a clock.
    What is taken from you before being given to you.
    Answer. Your photo.
    Why is a pair of skates like an apple?
    Answer. They have both caused the fall of man.
    How many sticks go to the building of a crow's nest?
    Answer. None! they are all carried.
    When was beef the highest?
    Answer. When the cow jumped over the moon.
    Why is life the greatest of all riddles.
    Answer. Because we must all give it up.
    What is the latest thing in dresses?
    Answer. Night dresses
    What grows bigger the more you take from it.
    Answer. A hole
    What man wears the biggest hat.
    Answer. The man with the largest head.
    What is the difference between a donkey and a stamp.
    Answer. You will lick the donkey a stick and the stamp you stick with a lick.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Toornageeha, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toornageeha, Co. Waterford