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School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Peadar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567C, Page 05_011

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  1. Riddles (Local) (continued)

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    There were two black men and one white man in a car once and the two black men at the one white man what was the number of the car?
    Answer :- 281 (Two ate one)
    If it took twenty minutes to bath a chld what would it take to dry it?
    Answer :- A towel
    If you had only one match and you had a lamp a gas and a fire which would you light first
    Answer :- The match
    What goes round the tree and round the tree
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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