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School: An Clochar, Ceann Tuirc (roll number 10232)

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Kanturk, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An tSr. Seosamh; An tSr. Berchmans
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What makes a pair of boots?
    Two.
    When does a cook break the game law?
    When she poaches an egg.
    Two black men and one white man went out driving in a motor car. The two black men ate the white man. What was the number of the car?
    281.
    What is it that goes up white and comes down yellow?
    An egg.
    'Tis old and it is yellow, purple and green, the King could not touch it neither the Queen.
    A rainbow.
    What has a mouth and no face?
    A river.
    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
    Mary E. Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortknockaneroe, Co. Cork