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School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

Location:
Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 446

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    cat looking out of a window.
    Answer: A cat looking in on a window.
    (102) How is a little man like a good book.
    Answer: Because he is often looked over.
    (103) How is hope like an old shoe.
    Answer: Because it makes people easy.
    (104) Brothers and sisters I have none but this man's father is my father's son.
    Answer: Myself.
    (105) As I went on to St. Ives, I met seven men, and the seven men had seven wives, and the seven wives had seven sacks. And in those seven sacks were
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon