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School: Mercy Convent

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Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
The Sisters
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    Riddles
    15-12-37
    1. Not on a house, not on a tree, I've told you, now you tell me?
    (A Knot)
    2. Why is a round of beef square?
    (Because it makes a square meal)
    3. Why does the thunder clap?
    (Because the lightning plays)
    4. Why is a needle deceitful?
    (Because it is not what it seems)
    5. Why is a dentist a melancholy man?
    (Because he looks down in the mouth)
    6. What can be light and dark at the same time?
    (A little black boy)
    7. Four-and-twenty white sheep standing in a stall, up came a red bull and licked over them all?
    (Tongue and your teeth)
    8. Black and white and read all over?
    (A Newspaper)
    Nuala Cassidy,
    Kilconny,
    Belturbet
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nuala Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilconny, Co. Cavan