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School: Dring, Granard (roll number 14292)

Location:
Dring, Co. Longford
Teacher:
James Drum
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0762, Page 266

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    A duck before a duck, a duck behind a duck, and a duck in the middle between two ducks. How many ducks are there?
    Answer = Three
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, Can climb over churchyard and steeple and all.
    Answer = The Sun.
    Why is there so little honey in Berlin?
    Answer = Because there is only one B in it.
    Hoddy, Doddy, with a round flat body
    And a flat hat. What's that?
    Answer = A pot.
    Spell broken-down ditches in three letters
    Answer = G A P (gap)
    Black and white and read all over?
    Answer = A newspaper.
    What's the biggest house in the world?
    Answer = Two mile House in Tipperary
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Aghakilmore, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patsy Sullivan
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballinalee, Co. Longford