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School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

Location:
Towlerton, Co. Laois
Teacher:
L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0839, Page 039

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A. A clock.
    Q. As black as silk and as white as milk and hops on the road like hailstones.?
    A. A magpie.
    Q. Patches upon patches without any stitches?
    A. A head of cabbage.
    Q. Why does a hen pick a pot?
    A. Because she can't lick it.
    Q. Black and white and red all over.?
    A. A news paper.
    Q. Ten under an umberella and never gets wet?
    A. Because it is not raining.
    Q. What fish does not live in water.?
    A. A dead one.
    Q. What is it the more you take from it the bigger it gets?
    A, A grave.
    Q. Little white Nancy with her little red nose the longer she stands the shorter she grows?
    A. A candle.
    Q. There's a little woman in the ditch and every time you go near her she would give you the itch?
    A. A nettle.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pauline B. Graham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Towlerton, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Patrick Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Towlerton, Co. Laois