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School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)

Location:
Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    What is the difference between a bankrupt and a lunatic?
    Ans- One is broken and the other is cracked.
    What is the difference between a cat and a comma?
    Ans- A cat has his claws and the end of his paws and a comma has a pause at the end of a clause.
    Black and white and red all over?
    Ans- A newspaper.
    What is the smallest room in the world?
    Ans- A mushroom.
    What guard would you hate most?
    A blackguard
    What town in Ireland can be spelled backwards and forwards?
    Ans- Navan
    To what city should dirty children be sent to?
    Ans- To Bath.
    What two towers in France would remind you of a mans pair of trousers?
    Ans- Toulon and Túlús (too long and too loose)
    What makes a pair of shoes?
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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
    Kitty Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromsullivan South, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Keohane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Dromsullivan South, Co. Cork