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School: Convent of Mercy, Kilmacthomas

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Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Sr M. Aloysius
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0648, Page 109

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    Riddles.
    1. It is under the fire, it is over the fire, and it never touches the fire. - A cake in an oven.
    2. It is black and white and read all over. - A newspaper.
    3. I have a little house, and a mouse would not fit in it, and all the men in town could not count all the windows in it. - A thimble
    4. Middy noddy, sound body, three feet and a wooden hat. - A pot.
    5. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat you may guess forever, but you couldn't guess that. - a pipe.
    6. In the room there is a corner, in the corner there is a cup, in the cup there is a sup, and everyone must taste it. - Death.
    7. A bottle of milk went down the hill with no cork in it, and it couldn't spill. - a bow
    8. I went up the boreen, I came down the boreen, and I carried the boreen on my back. - A ladder.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Faha, Co. Waterford