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

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Piercetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire Furlong
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  1. Riddles Collected by Piercestown School Girls

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    Ques. What is the strongest day in the week?
    Ans. Sunday. The rest are all weak-days (week-days)
    Ques. What is the quickest way to cover a chair ? seat.
    Ans. Sit on it.
    Ques. How far could you go into a wood ?
    Ans. To the middle. If you went any further you would be going out again.
    Ques. When is a hat not a hat ?
    Ans. When it becomes a young lady.
    Ques. What tree would a boy go to first if he was hungry ?
    Ans. A Pan-tree (Pantry).
    Ques. When is a horse not a horse ?
    Ans. When it turns into a field.
    Ques. What is it that has no feet and still can jump higher than the highest tower ?
    Ans. Nothing. (A tower cant jump).
    Ques. What County in Ireland fits in a bottle.
    Ans. Cork.
    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 Furlong