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School: Churchtown (Baile an Teampoill) (roll number 1132)

Location:
Churchtown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0395, Page 043

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    What goes up when the rain comes down?
    Ans – Umbrellas.
    Why is T like an Island?
    Ans – Because it is in the middle of water.
    Soft in the middle and hard all round
    Ans – A bed.
    As round as a marble as flat as a pan at one side a woman on the other side a man.
    Ans – A penny.
    Black and white and read all over
    Ans – A Newspaper.
    A little thing with a red head. Only for it we would be all dead.
    Ans – A match.
    What makes more noise than one pig at a gate?
    Ans – Two pigs.
    Two n’s two o’s an l and a d put them, together and spell them for me?
    Ans – London.
    What letters would startle a burglar?
    Ans – I C U
    What game does a ship play at sea?
    Ans – Pitch and toss.
    The head is like a thimble, the tail is
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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
    Bríghid Ní Aongusa
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyregan, Co. Cork