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School: Kilmurry (C.) (roll number 10395)

Location:
Kilmurry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mrs Ellen Mary O' Connor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0448, Page 357

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What has a head but not a face?
    A match.
    Why is a red herring like a mackintosh?
    Because it keeps you dry all day.
    Why is the sun cruel?
    Because it tans many women.
    What is that which is full in the day and empty at night?
    A shoe.
    What is that which never asks questions yet requires many answers?
    The doorbell.
    What goes into the water red and comes out black?
    A burning coal.
    Whitie and Blackie went up a hill
    Blackie came down and Whitie stayed still?
    A hen laying an egg.
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    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
    Maureen Kelliher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardnagragh, Co. Kerry