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School: Mercy Convent

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Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
The Sisters
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    Riddles
    17-12-37
    1. What is it that is full of holes and yet can hold water?
    (A sponge)
    2. What fruit is seen on every penny?
    (A date)
    3. What runs and yet has no legs?
    (Water)
    4. Why is the sun like a loaf of bread?
    (Because it is light when it rises)
    5. Why can you never say there is a while day?
    (Because each day begins by breaking)
    6. Patch upon patch without any stitches
    (Cabbages)
    7. What goes off and yet stops in the same place?
    (A Gun)
    8. What is the difference between a hungry boy and a greedy boy?
    (One longs to eat and the other eats too long)
    Mary Lawlor,
    Dermaglush,
    Belturbet
    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
    Mary Lawlor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dernaglush, Co. Cavan