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School: Mungret (C.) (roll number 11784)

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Mungret, Co. Limerick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0528, Page 163

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    It was black and it was white and it is read all over
    Ans A news paper.
    Three legs and a wooden head.
    Ans A pot
    As I was going over a step I met my uncle David I cut off his head and left his body and what is that.
    Ans = A head of cabbage
    If a ton of coal and meal cost a pound what would the coal come to.
    Ans = Ashes
    What part of a cow goes over the wall first.
    Ans. Her breath
    If you had three eggs for your breakfast which would you eat first.
    Ans. The odd one
    Twice in a moment once in a month and never in a thousand years.
    Ans. The letter M.
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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
    Theresa Ronan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynoe, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Ronan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Ballynoe, Co. Limerick