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School: Castlepollard Boys (roll number 5513)

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Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
William Coghlan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0721, Page 019

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. What is it that the longer it stands the shorter it gets?
    A. A lighted candle.
    Q. Who was the smallest man in the world?
    A. The Roman soldiers that slept on his watch.
    Q. In this house there is a drawer.
    And in this drawer there a cup.
    And in this cup there is a sup
    And all the people in the world must taste it?
    A. Death.
    Q. What is the shyest thing in the world?
    A. The clock, because it holds its hands on its face.
    Q. What is smaller than a spider's mouth?
    A. The bit that goes into it.
    Q. The man that made it meant to sell it
    The man that bought it never used it.
    The man that used it never saw it?
    A. A coffin.
    Q. Up a tree with its head down?
    A. A nail in a man's boot.
    Q. What part of a cow goes through a gap first?
    A. Her breath.
    Q. A head like a thimble.
    A tail like a rat.
    You can guess anything.
    But you cannot guess that?
    A. A pipe.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christy Delamere
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Joe Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath