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School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown

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Merginstown, Co. Wicklow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 319

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    Q. Who is it that marries many a wife still lives single all his life?
    Ans. A priest
    Q. As I looked out through the window I saw the dead carrying the live?
    A. A train.
    Q. What goes up a ladder with its head downwards?
    A. A nail in a man's boot.
    2. If a poker cost one and sixpence and a tongs
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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
    Annie Deering
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lemonstown, Co. Wicklow