School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)

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   What is the shyest thing in the house?
   Ans., A clock, because its two hands are always up to its face.
   What has legs but cannot walk?
   Ans., A tongs.
   Why is the wick of a candle like the city of Athens?
   Ans., Because it is in the centre of Greece.
   What has a pain but is never sick?
   Ans., A window.
   Spell a broken down fence in three letters?
   Ans., Gap.

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   What gets bigger the more you take from it? Ans., a hole. There is a well and in the well there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup and everyone shall taste it? Ans., death. As round as a marble, as deep as a cup and all the king's army could not take it up? Ans., a well.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Cornelius Barry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Barry

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork