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School: Dunbell

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Dunbell Little, Co. Kilkenny
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 359

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Little red Nancy with a little yellow nose. The longer she lives the shorted she grows.
    Answer A candle.
    What is the difference between a hill and a pill?
    Answer One is hard to get up and the other (one) hard to get down.
    London, Derry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K
    Answer: That.
    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
    Humpty Dumpty got a great fall,
    ll the King's horses and men,
    Couldn't stick poor Humpty Dumpty together again. Answer: An egg.
    When can you carry water in a sieve? Answer: When it is ice.
    When do you swallow a door. Answer When you bolt it
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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