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School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)

Location:
Carlanstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Géibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0709, Page 003

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    Riddles
    "As round as an apple, as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man"?
    A penny.
    "Why is a pig in a parlour compared to a house afire"?
    The sooner its put out the better.
    "Black and white and red all over"?
    A newspaper.
    "Said the child to the father. How does it come, that you are my father and I am not your son"?
    The child was his daughter.
    "What never has more than one leg"?
    A stocking
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
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