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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ráth Luirc

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0368, Page 308

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    floor all day but has no legs?
    A. A brush.
    Q. Twenty four white sheep standing in a stall up comes a red on and lick then all?
    A. Your teeth and tongue.
    Q. Up chip cherry, down chip cherry, all the men in Ireland could not catch chip cherry?
    A. Smoke.
    Q. Why does a hen pick a pot?
    A. Because she could not lick it.
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    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