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School: Dangan (roll number 7352)

Location:
Dangan (King), Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Thomas O' Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 294

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    Riddles
    Quest.: Up the chimney and down the chimney but cannot go up the chimney up?
    Ans.: An umbrella
    Quest.: What county in Ireland would fit in a bottle?
    Ans.: County Cork
    Quest.: Round the house and round the house and lays an egg in every window?
    Ans.: Snow
    Quest.: When is a soldier like a baby?
    Ans.: When he is in arms.
    Quest.: What is the biggest ant in the world?
    Ans.: Elph-ant.
    Quest.: As round as an apple so flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man?
    Ans.: A Penny
    Quest.: I went up the road and I went down the road and I took the road on my back?
    Ans.: A Ladder
    Quest.: Why is the sun like a Carpenter?
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Sharkey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornasleehan, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Ellen Clyne
    Gender
    Female