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School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)

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Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
S. Ó Dúnlaing
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  1. Riddles

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    Q. What is deeper than hell?
    A. A tailors thimble, (because it has no bottom).
    Q. What cannot hold water, and yet it holds something?
    A. A pail with a hole in the bottom.
    Q. Why can you never draw an ink-line straight?
    A. Because it is an inkline (incline).
    Q. What is tired (tyred) by never weary?
    A. A wheel.
    Q. What grows shorter as it grows older?
    A. A candle.
    Q. What tree do ladies like best in Winter?
    A. The fir (fur) tree.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maire Horgan
    Age
    12
    Address
    Littlefield, Co. Kilkenny

  2. Riddles

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    Q. A farmer gave his donkey a turnip to eat, when he had three quarters of it eaten, what time was it?
    A. A quarter to eight (ate).
    Q. Why is a king like a book?
    A. Because he has pages.
    Q. The man who made it, didn't wear it, and the man who wore it didn't see it?
    A. A coffin.
    Q. Why is Cork the smallest city in Ireland?
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