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School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)

Location:
Teerelton, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0339, Page 132

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    One powders the face and the other faces the powder.
    What are the most unsociable things in the world?
    Milestones. You never see two together.
    Why is a vain lady like a confirmed drunkard?
    Because neither of them can get enough of the glass.
    What is that, that occurs twice in a moment, once in a minute and never in a thousand years?
    The letter M.
    What word of five letters has only one left when you take away two.
    Stone
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    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
    Daniel Burns
    Gender
    Male