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School: Crossdoney (roll number 10811)

Location:
Crossdoney, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Miss Elizabeth Rea
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0990, Page 290

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Head like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you will not guess that.
    Ans = A pipe
    What wets when drying. Ans = A towel.
    What is the smallest bridge in the world.
    Ans = The bridge of your nose.
    Why is a pig in a parlour like a house on fire.
    Ans = The quickest he got out the better
    Head and foot and four legs. Ans = A bed.
    What makes a pair of boots. Ans = 2 boots.
    Blackie and Whitie went up the hill blackie came back but whitie lay still.
    Ans = A hen laying a egg.
    What eats in one side of the wood and ends in the other.
    Ans = A pig eating out of a trough.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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