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School: Saints Peter & Paul, Balbriggan

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Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0783, Page 393

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    Riddles
    Three men went out for a drive one day two black men and one white man and the two black men ate the white man. What number was the car?
    281
    What is the hardest thing to do in the world?
    To put the tide out with a fork.
    I went and I did not know where. I got and I did not know what, and I when I came back all knew!
    Baptized
    Why is butter so much like a soldier?
    Because it runs before fire.
    If a man had fifty holes in his trousers, what time would it be?
    Time to get a new one.
    As red as blood and blood it is not, as green as grass but grass it is not, as black as ink but ink it is not?
    A blackberry.
    What turns and we cannot see it?
    Milk
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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
    Breeda Mc Gillivray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr A. Mc Gillivray
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balbriggan, Co. Dublin