School: Montpelier, O'Brien's Bridge (roll number 14875)
- Location:
- Montpelier, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Liam Ó Tuama
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- 67. there is a round and white house and it is full of meat but it has no foors or windows to let me in to eat. ans. an egg
68. what is the deepest thing in the world. ans. a toilets thimble. why. because it has no bottom.
69. between going out and coming death i saw and life with in riddle me that and hang me then.
70. what pipe is important to smoke. ans. a back pipe
71. open like a barn door like a trap you may guss for ever but you wouldnt guss that. ans. your mouth.
72. what is that you have i have not it, and i make more use of it then you. ans. your name
73. i can see it you cant see it and yet is it nearest to you then me. ans. the back of your head.
74. what coat cant you stitch. ans. a coat of paint.
75. what has four legs and two arms. ans. an arm chair
76. what can fly with twenty legs. ans. ten birds.
- Collector
- Patrick O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Montpelier, Co. Limerick
