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School: Glin (C.) (roll number 3232)

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Glin, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Cárthaigh
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    1. Patch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that and i'll buy you a breeches.
    A head of cabbage.
    2. What is it we nearly always carry with us and it hardly ever walks.
    An umbrella.
    3. What is that which is always in the wood and yet it never gets into the wood.
    The bark of a tree.
    4. Hair all over. Rough in the skin. Two things shaking, and one going in.
    A pig eating mess.
    5. Why do black sheep require less food than white ones.
    Because there are not so many of them.
    6. If cheese comes after meat. What comes after cheese.
    Mice.
    7. Why is bed time immediately after tea.
    When (t) is gone. "Night is nigh".
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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
    Sighle Ní Eactigheirn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glin, Co. Limerick