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School: Faithlegg (C.), Portláirge (roll number 11615)

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Faithlegg, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Mary J. Brazil
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    Riddles
    Once in minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
    The letter M
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball,
    Can climb the church over steeple and all?
    The Sun.
    A houseful, a roomful and you could not catch a spoonful?
    Smoke.
    What kind of tables do we eat?
    Vegetables.
    I know a little house,
    And a mouse could not fit in it,
    And all the people could not count (could not) count the windows in it?
    A thimble.
    What goes from house to house and never stops?
    A path-way.
    What is half moon like?
    The other half.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Cassin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Faithlegg, Co. Waterford