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School: Kilbarron (B. & C.) (roll number 11735)

Location:
Kilbarron, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
S. Ó Coileáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532C, Page 01_004

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    the table always cut and never eater?
    Ans: A pack of cards.
    Why is a wet blanket like a train?
    Ans: because both go on lines.
    What is it that happens twice in a moment and does not happen even once in a thousand years?
    Ans: The letter M.
    What is black and white and red all over?
    Ans: The newspaper.
    Corrections
    forty forty forty
    white white white
    over over over
    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
    Máirtín Ó Meadhra
    Gender
    Male