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School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Peadar
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    22nd Sept, 1938
    Riddle. (Local)
    What did the toothpaste say to the tooth brush?
    Answer :- Squeeze me and meet me at the top of the tube?
    What is that which I can hold in my hand, and yet it till not lie in a great chest?
    Answer :- A long spear.
    Why is a blind man heavy?
    Answer :- Because he's led.
    When is a ship not a ship?
    Answer :- When she is astern.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Mulcahy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary