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School: Bennekerry, Carlow

Location:
Bennekerry, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Liam Ó hAodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 311

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  1. Riddles

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    What has a leg and cannot walk and an eye and cannot see?
    Ans: A needle.
    Black I am, though much admired, men and horses I have two, they broke my head and broke my face, and took me from my dwelling place:
    Ans: Coal.
    What goes round the wood and never touches the wood?
    Ans: A bark of a tree.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mac Gill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Palatine, Co. Carlow

  2. Riddles

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    When is pepper like having a cold?
    Ans: Because it makes you sneeze.
    What sort of ships do sailors dislike most?
    Ans: Hardships.
    What time of the day was Adam born?
    Ans: A little before Eve.
    Old Miss Twitchet had but one
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