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School: Ballyhahill (C.) (roll number 10686)

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Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
H. Fitzgerald
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    Riddles.
    1. What hay is the hardest to turn?
    A donkey.
    2. Stud horse, flaxy mane, and a brass man driving him?
    A needle.
    3. A flock of white sheep on one red hill, here they go, there they go, now they stand still?
    Teeth in the gums.
    4. It is white, it is black, it is read all over?.
    A newspaper.
    5. As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb over Churches, both steeples and all?
    The sun.
    6. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat. You may guess forever, but you will never guess that.
    A pipe.
    7. What is the difference between a school teacher and an engine driver?
    A teacher trains the mind, and a driver minds the train.
    8. I have a little sister, she sits by the wall, she eats all she gets, but she drinks nothing at all?.
    A fire.
    9. Who is the lady that nobody wants to know?
    Misfortune.
    10. black as ink, white as snow, goes up and
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josie Mc Eniry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooraree Upper, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Dan O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    81
    Address
    Glin, Co. Limerick