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School: Rahan (B.)

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Rahan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
L. Ó Reannacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 168

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    hops along the road like hailstones?
    (a) a magpie
    (5) What is it that always walks on its head?
    (a) a nail in a boot.
    (6) Round the table and round the table sleeps in the corner at night?
    (a) A dishcloth
    (7) If a man wanted to light a fire, a candle and a stove and if he had only one match which would he light first?
    (a) The match.
    (8) On what side of the cup is the handle?
    (a) the outside
    (9) A car has something which it does not want but it cannot do without it?
    (a) The noise of the car.
    (10) Four feet and cannot walk, two ears and cannot hear a big mouth and cannot talk
    (a)A pot
    (11) As green as grass but not grass, as red as blood but not blood, as black as ink but not ink as while as milk
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Condron
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glaskill, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    William Craven
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glaskill, Co. Offaly