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School: An Ghráinseach, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 12700)

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Grange West, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Díomsaigh
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    9. The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it?
    A coffin.
    10. Why does a baker wear a white hat?
    To cover his head.
    11. As black as ink, as white as milk and it hops on the ground like a hailstone?
    A magpie.
    12. Black and white and red (read) all over.
    A newspaper.
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    1. What is it that is all holes and yet it can hold water?
    A sponge
    2. A head like a thimble, tail like a rat you may guess for ever, but you won'g guess that?
    A. A pipe.
    What room has no door?
    A mushroom.
    What is alway's behind time? The back of a clock.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Joyce
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Acres, Co. Cork