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School: Kilcormac (Mercy Convent)

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Kilcormac, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr M. Finghín
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    When was beef at its highest?
    When the cow jumped over the moon.
    Three ton of coal at three - halfpence
    What does that come to a ton?
    Cinders.
    What is it that has one head one foot and four legs?
    A bed.
    What is the most shy thing in the house?
    The clock because it always has its hands over its face.
    what is it you break the minute you name it?
    Silence.
    What small animal is made big by beheading it?
    Fox when "F" is taking away.
    What two trees remind us most of the sea?
    The bay and the Beach.
    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
    May Gath
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcormac, Co. Offaly