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School: Forth (roll number 12909)

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Kilmannan, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chraith
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    man went out motoring
    The two black men eat the white man. What was the number of the car?
    Ans. 281.
    6.
    Little penny brick sitting in the rick, he wears more horns than all the king's sheep.
    Ans. A hedgehog.
    7. What goes around the world and sleeps on its head all night.
    Ans: A nail in a man's boot.
    8. What has six eyes and cannot see.
    Ans: Three blind mice
    Anita Duggan,
    Gurtens,
    Cleariestown,
    Co. Wexford.
    6 .7.'38
    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
    Anita Duggan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortins, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs E. Duggan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortins, Co. Wexford