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School: Coratillon

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0966, Page 210

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    Q. What sleeps with its finger in its eye?
    A. A crook
    Q. Niddy-noddy, round body, three feet and a wooden hat.
    A. A pot.
    Q. On what side of a cup is the handle?
    A. The outside.
    Q. What goes round the house, and leaves a loaf in every wondow?
    A. Snow.
    Q. What is that which is black and white and read all over?
    A. A newspaper.
    Q. Long legs, short thighs, small head and no eyes.
    A. A tongs.
    Q. Londonderry, Cork and Kerry, spell me that without a K?
    A. That.
    Q. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, on one side
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muineal, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs M. Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muineal, Co. Cavan