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School: Naomh Bríghid, Blackwater (roll number 7036)

Location:
Blackwater, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 008

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    (6) A kitchen full and a room full and could'nt catch a spoon full? .............Smoke.
    (7) How do you saver your sole?
    By walking on your heel
    (8) Up the chimney up and down the chimney down
    An umbrella.
    (9) A round and a round the house and a harrow after it ?
    A hen and a flock of chickens
    (10) What goes up and down and wears out boots and yet never wears boots?
    A foot-ball
    (11) A ship got three coats of paint which went on the first?
    The second
    (12) Why is a man like a bad chimney?
    He smokes
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Miss O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyvoodock, Co. Wexford