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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Ráth Luirc

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Charleville, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Riabhach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0368, Page 261

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    A Collection of Riddles.
    read all over, what is it?
    Answer − A news paper.
    7. Which is the bigger Mr. Bigger or his little son?
    Answer − His little son because he is a little bigger.
    8. It sits at the Fire with 300 eyes on it, what is it?
    Answer − A pot of soup.
    9. Where was Moses when the lights went out?
    Answer − In the dark.
    10. If a white stone fell in to the blue sea what would happen to it.?
    Answer − It would get wet.
    11. What is it that grows larger the more you take from it.?
    Answer − A Hole in the ground.
    12. What is it that has three feet but no legs.?
    (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
    Paddy Hynes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Charleville, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Charleville, Co. Cork