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School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 230

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    around and wears out boots but never has any boots to wear.
    A A Football?
    Q When is a boy not a boy?
    A When he's a little cross?
    Q What can you divide, but not see where it has been divided?
    A Water."
    Q What has an eye and cannot see?
    A A needle?
    Q What walks with its head down?
    A A nail in a man's boot?
    Q What's the difference between an oak tree and a tight boot?
    A One makes corns and the other makes corns ache?
    Q When does a black hen turn white?
    A When it is plucked?
    Q What's the difference between a cat and a kitten?
    A A kitten will grow a cat and the cat will not grow a kitten?
    Q What does the largest ship in the Navy weigh?
    A She weighs her anchor?
    Q Why is a cook cruel?
    A Because she beats the eggs and whips the cream?
    Q How would you get down off a donkey?
    A You dont get down off a donkey you only get
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Breen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drogheda, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr Breen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Drogheda, Co. Louth