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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cinn Mhara

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Kinvarra, Co. Galway
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Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0122

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  1. Local Riddles (continued)

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    Because it can touch the heart without destroying it.
    When is a soldier like a baby?
    When he is in arms.
    What is the biggest ant in the world?
    An elephant.
    What is the worst weather for rats and mice?
    When it is raining cats and dogs.
    Why is churning like a caterpillar?
    Because it makes the butter fly.
    What are the hardest things in the worlds to find?
    A glass for Ireland's eye. Buttons for a coat of paint and an eyes for a ship that is going to sea.
    If it takes five and a half yards to make a coat what will it take to make a waist coat?
    A tailor.
    What is it that the more you take out the bigger it gets?
    A hole in a stocking.
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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
    Kathleen Fallon
    Gender
    Female