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School: Carrigaline (C.) (roll number 13513)

Location:
Carrigaline, Co. Cork
Teachers:
Mrs O' Sullivan Mrs Tully
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    Q There is a little house that a mouse could not live in, all the men in town could not count how many windows is it.?
    A A Thimble
    Q When is money damp.?
    A When it is due in the morning
    Q Why does a hen cross the road?
    A To get to the other side
    Q As round as a marble as deep as a cup, and all the Kings saucers could not pick it up.?
    A A moon reflected in a well.
    Q What walks with its head down?
    A A nail in a man's boot.
    Q Headed like a timble tailed like a rat you may not guess, for could you guess that?
    A A Pipe.
    Q I had a little sister I call her "Peep Peep", she wades over the water so "deep, deep, deep," she climbs up the hill so "high high high," and dear little sister had a very bright eye.?
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Conroy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmoney, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Michael Tobin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Kilmoney, Co. Cork