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School: St Columb's Moville

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Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hamilton Stewart
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 381

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    R. What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot?
    A. A carpet.
    R. As white as milk but milk it isn't
    As green as grass but grass it isn't. As red as blood but blood it isn't. As black as ink but ink it isn't. What is it?
    A. A blackberry.
    R. When is a policeman afraid to go into a park?
    A. When the grass begins to shoot, and when the bull-rushes out.
    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
    May Hutchinson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal