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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 358

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What has a neck and body but nothing else?
    A bottle.
    Which ship do we all like to avoid?
    Hardship.
    Why should a hen be never untidy?
    Because she carries a comb with her.
    How can you cure a slow horse?
    Tie him to a post and make him fast.
    Why is a miser like a man with a bad memory?
    He is always forgetting.
    What are the most unsociable things in the world?
    Milestones, you never see two together.
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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