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School: Kilmuckridge

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Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
L. Mac Donnell
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    1. What is black + white and hops on the ground like hail stones.
    A magpie.
    2. At Gorey town 30 people got in the train, and at Ferns again did 40 more go in, and yet at Wexford when the run was done there wasn't a single person on it, and none got off between Ferns + Wexford.
    "They were all married"
    3. The more you take out of it the bigger it gets?
    A grave.
    4. Why is a man generally like a bad chimney
    Because he smokes.
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    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
    Kathleen Fortune
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford