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School: Ferbane (Convent)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr Patrick
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    Because she cannot lick it.
    Why does a hen look over the wall? Because she can't look under it.
    Black and white and read all over? A newspaper
    What is it that I have and everything has? A name.
    Twenty six little gentlemen, they are all the same age and they have only one "I" between them all? The alphabet.
    What fruit is on every penny? A date.
    Spell blackbird in four letters? Crow.
    Goes round the wood and round the wood and never goes into the wood? The bark of a tree.
    A room is full of it and you couldn't get a spoonful? Air.
    What two letters make a coun-
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    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
    Margaret M. Keena
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creggan, Co. Offaly