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School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Peadar
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    15th Sept '38
    Riddles (Local)
    If you had thirty yards of cloth and you cut a yard off every day, how long would it take to dry it up into yards?
    Answer :- Twenty nine days
    Forty sheep went out a gap twenty sheep only came back, twic, eleven, six and seven, two and three how much is that?
    Answer :- Five (two and three)
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    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
    Eileen Cahill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr B. Lenihan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Iona Road, Co. Dublin