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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ráth Luirc

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    Riddles.
    Q. What is it - eight arms but no hand. A wooden leg, but cannot feel has no boots, but is shod with steel. A dress of silk with a belt all round the middle now can you guess this silly riddle?
    A. An umbrella.
    Q. When is a shoemaker dying?
    A. When he is a shoemaker dying?
    A. When he is preparing the sole for the last.
    Q. What is the difference between a pill and a hill?
    A. One goes up and the other
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    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
    Bernadette Ní Cuirtín
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Charleville, Co. Cork