School: An Mullach (roll number 2964)

Location:
Mullagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
M. Mac Gothraidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0057

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    54. What side is the handle in a cup? (On the outside)
    55. A half a circle added to a full circle the same then repeat added to a triangle standing on two feet? (Cocoa)
    56. Two little bottles by the side of a hill, if they were there for even they would never spill? (a cows tits)
    57. Little granny grunt sitting on three stumps eats nothing but is full always? (a pot)
    58. What key is the hardest to turn? (a donkey)
    59. White turning white out of white? (a white dog turning white sheep of white cabbage)
    60. What is it that has feet but no legs? (a yard rule)
    61. What can be found where it is not? (Fault)
    62. What is the most like a horse's shoes? (a mares shoe)
    63. Spell the red rouge of the world in three letters? (Fox)
    64. As round as an apple, and as flat as a pan, now side a woman, and the other side a man? (a penny)
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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