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School: Béal Átha Gabhann (Silvermines), Nenagh (roll number 15696)

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Silvermines, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Floinn
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    Q. What is it that a poor man has and a rich man wants.
    Answer Nothing
    Q. What is the difference between a hill and a pill.
    A. One is hard to get up and the other is hard to get down.
    Q. What is it that turns without moving.
    A. Milk turning sour.
    Q. What is it that is always going and never moves.
    A. A clock.
    Q. How many ladders would reach the moon.
    A. One if it was long enough.
    Q. It grows in the wood with leaves on it, it grazes in the field with hair on it, and it walks the road with bones in it.
    A. A boot.
    Q. What is full and holds more.
    A. A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
    Q. When is a clock hungry.
    A. When it is going to eight (to ate).
    Q. What is the shyest thing in the world.
    A. A clock because it never washes its face.
    Q. In a field there is a house, in the house there is a room, in the room there is a cupboard, in the cupboard thee is a cup, in the cup there is a sup and everybody sastes it.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Gleeson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garryard East, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr James Gleeson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Garryard East, Co. Tipperary