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School: Coolanarney

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Coolanarney, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
D. Mac Gairbhíth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 207

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    34. Hairy in hairy out, hairy into hairy mouth -
    A man putting on socks.
    35. Why is a drawn tooth like something you have forgotten -
    Because it is gone out of your head.
    36. Constantinople is a very hard word to spell: spell it -
    It.
    37. Twenty sick sheep went out a gap one died how many came back -
    Nineteen
    38. Ink, ank under bank ten drawing four -
    A Woman milking a cow.
    39. Twice in a moment, once in a minute and not in a thousand -
    The letter 'm'.
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    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