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School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

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Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Donnchadh Cuirtéis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0899, Page 375

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. Why is a hill different to a pill ?
    A. One is hard to get up, and the other is hard to get down.
    Q. As I went up the hill of wonders
    I saw twenty four blackbirds tearing the hill asunder ?
    A. A spring-harrow.
    Q. Humpty-backed father, big-belled mother,
    Three dirty children, all the one colour?
    A. A pot and pot-hangers.
    Q. A little white and round house,
    Inside is all meat,
    It has no doors or windows,
    For me to go in and eat?
    A. An egg.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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