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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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    Q What is it that a car can not go without and still is no use to it?
    A Noise
    Q When is the lamp in a bad temper?
    A When it is "put out"
    Q What is it that is nearer to me than it is to you and still I can see it and you cant
    A The back of my head
    Q What noise annoys an oyster?
    A No noise annoys an oyster because an oyster has no ears
    Q If a horses ears are black what colour are is eyebrows
    A No colour, because a horse has no eyebrows
    Q How would you make a candle light with out fire
    A Cut a bit off it
    Q I went to America, I stopped there. I came home again, because I did not go there
    A A clock.
    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
    Joan Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Faithlegg, Co. Waterford