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School: Kilmuckridge

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Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
L. Mac Donnell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 030

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    5. A kitchen full, a room full, and couldnt catch a spoon full
    - - - Smoke
    6. When is a hat not a hat at ---
    When it becomes a nice young --
    7. What goes up the chimney down
    and down the chimney up
    An umbrella
    8. What part of a cow goes over ditch first.
    Her breath.
    9. What is it a lady always looks for but dreads to find.
    A hole in her hose
    10. Why does a hen cross the road,
    To get to the other side.
    11. What goes from town to town without moving
    a Road.
    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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Fortune
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford