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School: Gowran (C.) (roll number 15366)

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Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0861, Page 115

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    25-1-38 Riddles
    Why is the letter H the cleanest letter in the Alfabeth.
    Because it is always in the middle of was-h-ing.
    What is it that never was nor never will be. A mouses nest in a cats ear.
    Spell Black water in three letters.
    Ink.
    What is the smallest city in the world.
    Cork, because it fits in a bottle.
    A pig before a pig a pig behind a pig a pig between two pigs.
    Three pigs.
    When does a chair dislike you. When it cant bare you up.
    In a lovely garden there lived a made and she died before she was born.
    Eave
    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
    Brigid Gordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Jack Meighan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    88
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny