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School: Robertstown, Naas (roll number 15655)

Location:
Robertstown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
P. Ó Harachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 186

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    Why are sentries like day and night!
    When one comes the other goes.
    Under the bank and over the bank ten drawing four [!]
    A woman milking a cow.
    As I went round my father's house I saw a white rag in every window!
    Snow.
    I looked out through the window I saw white eating white!
    A white goat eating white cabbage.
    As round as a griddle as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man!
    A penny.
    What is it that has a mouth but never eats!
    A river.
    What is it that has five letters take away two and it leaves one!
    Stone.
    Spell blackwater in three letters!
    Ink.
    What is the shyest thing in the house!
    The clock because it covers its face with its hands.
    What goes round and round the house and sleeps on its head at night!
    The nail in your boot.
    What smells most in a chemist shop!
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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
    Nita Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Blackwood, Co. Kildare