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School: Faythe Convent, Loch gCarman (roll number 11361)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0881, Page 417

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    Why was the daughter of Herodias the fastest girl mentioned in scripture?
    She got the head of John the Baptist on a charger.
    At what time was Adam married?
    Upon his wedding eve.
    How did the whale that swallowed Jonah obey the divine law?
    Jonah was a stranger and he took him in.
    A hen lays an egg and a half in a day and a half what does it lay in a week?
    Eggs.
    What is most like a horses shoe?
    A mares.
    How would you know the left side of a plum?
    It is the side which is not eaten.
    What is it we all often we will do, and yet nobody has ever done?
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wexford, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wexford, Co. Wexford