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School: Holy Faith Convent, Newtownmount Kennedy

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Newtown Mountkennedy, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Sr. Mechtilde
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    with a torn hat what time is it?
    A. Time to get a new one.
    Q. What has an eye and cannot see?
    A. An needle
    Q. What is always behind time?
    A. The back of a clock.
    Q. What is the strongest thing in the world?
    A. A snail because he carries his house on his back.
    Q. What is the shyest thing in the world?
    A. A clock because it always holds it's hands on it's face.
    Q. What room is never swept?
    A. A mushroom.
    Q. How many feet has forty sheep a shepherd and his dog?
    A. Two
    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
    Betty Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Keeloge Lower, Co. Wicklow