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School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

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Cavan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Carmel
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    the bottle or take out the cork, how would you get the porter out?
    A. Push (out) in the cork.
    Q. What is it that, goes about, and hops about, wears shoes and never had any itself.?
    A. A football.
    Q. What is it has one foot, one head and cant walk.?
    A. A bed.
    Q. What trees flourish best upon the hearth.?
    A. Ashes.
    Q. What is it, that is neither inside the house, or outside, but we could not do without it.?
    A. A window.
    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
    Teresa Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cavan, Co. Cavan