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School: Baile Thomáis, Gabhailín (roll number 15407)

Location:
Thomastown, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Dubhlaine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 324

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is it the more you take from it the bigger it gets. A Grave.
    What is it that you can catch but you cannot see. A Cold.
    Why is the letter G compared to a plum-cake.
    Because it makes a lad glad.
    What is the difference between a conundrum and children sitting on a bun. One is a conundrum and the other is a bunundrum.
    What is the difference between a tree and an aeroplane. One sheds its leaves and the other leaves its shed.
    Why does a donkey eat thistles. Because he is an ass.
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  2. Riddles

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    I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in Kerry would not count how many windows in it.
    A Thimble.
    Up chip cherry and down chip cherry and all the men in Kerry would not climb chip cherry. Smoke.
    What is it that goes around the house and lodges on the King's table. Salt.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Hourigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinaclogh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    John Hourigan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Ballinaclogh, Co. Tipperary