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School: Cill Gharbh, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 10499)

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Kilgarriff, Co. Cork
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Adelaide Mac Carthy
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Why is a beehive like a spectator?
    Because it is a bee-holder.
    What is it that a cat has which no other animal has ever had?
    Kittens.
    Why is a defeated army like wool?
    Because it is worsted.
    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
    Jean Nagle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonakilty, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Miss Bryan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    29
    Address
    Clonakilty, Co. Cork