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School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)

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Louth, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Randles
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 016

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    Why is a police-man like an air liner?
    Because they both take people up.
    What is it that has a neck a body and nothing else?
    A bottle.
    Which does a tallow candle or a wax candle burn the longer?
    None of them they both burn short.
    What part of a cow enters the wood first?
    Her breath.
    I went up a hill I went down a hill and I carried the hill on my back?
    A ladder.
    Why does a cow look over the ditch?
    Because she cannot look under it.
    What is sweeter than jam in a jam-pot?
    Jam in your mouth.
    What goes over the water and under the water and does not touch the water?
    The rays of the sun.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over spire and all?
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séan Ó Liondáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Louth, Co. Louth