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School: Piercetown (C.) (roll number 8690)

Location:
Piercetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire Furlong
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 360

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    Qu What turns without moving ?
    Ans Milk
    Qu What goes from end to end of Ireland without moving ?
    Ans A road
    Qu What is it that the more you take the more you leave behind
    Ans Your footsteps
    Qu What is it that the more you take out of it the bigger it gets
    Ans A hole
    Qu Luke has it in front, Paul has it behind, and Tom has not got it at all
    Ans The letter L.
    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
    Mary Culleton
    Gender
    Female