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School: Kilmacoo, Avoca

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Kilmacoo, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chosgair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0925, Page 394

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    A little red cow stands by the wall eats all she gets and drinks none at all
    A fire.
    Why is a tailor so much like a farmer.
    One sews what he sells and the other sells what he sows.
    Why is Ireland so much like a carpet
    Walked on by the aristocracy and kept down by tax.
    What is all holes but still holds water.
    A sponge
    Cannot walk cannot talk but runs and whistles
    A train
    Long legs short thighs little head no eyes
    A tongs
    What turns without moving
    Milk
    What goes to the table is cut and never eaten
    A pack of cards.
    What is black and white and red all over
    The newspaper.
    November 16th 1937
    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
    Winnie Doyle
    Gender
    Female