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School: Caddlebrook (roll number 10642)

Location:
Caddellbrook, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhocraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 217

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    What has its hands always up before its face
    Ans A clock
    If I built a way from here to Dublin what heights would it be
    Ans The height of nonsense
    What has a body and a nest and nothing else
    Ans A bottle
    What has eyes and cannot see
    Ans A potato
    Why should a hen never have untidy feather
    Ans Because she has a comb
    What has teeth and cannot eat
    Ans A comb
    What is the smallest bridge in the world
    Ans The bridge of your nose
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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
    Rose Murtagh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballyglass, Co. Roscommon