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School: Caddlebrook (roll number 10642)

Location:
Caddellbrook, Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhocraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 211

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What has four legs and cannot walk
    Ans. Two pairs of trousers
    Spell broken down ditches in three letters
    Ans. A gap
    What four letters would frighten a thief
    Ans. O. I. C. U
    Two inches long, as white as snow, the more you pull it the less it will grow
    Ans. A cigarette
    What is it the more you take out of it, the bigger it gets
    Ans. A whole
    If a person was above on a high house and to fall down, what would he fall against
    Ans. Against his will
    From house to house and sleeps out at night
    Ans. The road
    A little red man sitting by a wall he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Dolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballindollaghan (Crump), Co. Ros Comáin