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School: Court (roll number 13335)

Location:
Courtballyedmond, Co. Wexford
Teachers:
Criostóir Ó Cuanáin Liam de Noraidh
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    Riddles. Nov 16th, 1937.
    What is the biggest bridge in the world? A rainbow.
    What has a head and a heart and it stands on one leg? A head of cabbage.
    I have a little red sister and she sits by the wall, she eats all I give her and drinks none at all? A fire.
    Two legs up and two legs down hard all round and soft in the middle? A bed.
    What has a body and a neck and nothing else? A bottle.
    As round as a penny, as deep as a cup, but all the men in Ireland could not get it up? The sun shining on a wall.
    Mollie Lacey, Court, Monamolin, Gorey.
    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
    Mollie Lacey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Courtballyedmond, Co. Wexford