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School: Blessington

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Blessington, Co. Wicklow
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Séamus Ó Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0913, Page 155

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    Question. What fruit appears on every penny.
    Answer. A Date.
    Q. What can you knit without needles.
    A. Your brows.
    Q. Its black and white and read all over.
    A. A Newspaper.
    Q. Washed in the water never run or sprung dried them with a towel that was never wove or spun.
    A. Washed in dew and dried with sun.
    Q. Neither fish, flesh, feather or bone in the Demesne he walks alone.
    A. A snail.
    Q. As white as milk and milk it is'nt as red as ink and ink it is'nt as black as silk and silk it is'nt.
    A. A Blackberry.
    Q. As black as ink as white as milk and hops about like hail stones.
    A. A Magpie.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Boylan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Pipershall, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mrs Boylan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pipershall, Co. Kildare