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School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)

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Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 218

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    flesh
    Ans :- A Tailor's thimble
    29. 'Tis black 'tis white 'tis {red read} all over
    Ans :- A Newspaper
    30. There is a little house and a mouse couldn't live in it and all the men in town couldn't
    how many windows in it
    Ans:- A Thimble
    31 What has its hands always up before its face
    Ans :- A clock
    32 Why does a guard wear brass buttons
    Ans To keep his coat closed
    33 How can book-keeping be taught in a lesson of three words
    Ans Never lend them
    34 A peacock laid an egg up on a wall and it fell into another woman's yard
    Which did the egg belong to, the woman who owned the peacock or the
    woman who owned the garden?
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Donal Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Donal Duggan
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Francis Kelleher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scarteen Lower, Co. Cork
    Collector
    William J. Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scarteen Lower, Co. Cork