School: Fraine, Athboy (roll number 14766)

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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   A pair of boots.
   What always walks with its head down?
   A nail in your boot.
   Black and white and hops on the ground like hailstones?
   A magpie.
   Why is a lady's jumper like a banana skin?
   They are both easy to slip on.
   What has two eyes but can't see?
   A scissors.
   As round as an apple, as flat as a pan,
   can climb the church over steeple and all?
   The sun
   How long would a piece- of string have be to reach the North pole?
   Long enough
   How did the church steeple know it was Christmas?
   Because the bells were tolled.
   How much ground does a hen take when it goes to roost?
   A perch.
   When do two 3s not make six?
   When they make 33s.
   What will go up the chimney down

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máighréad Nic Domhnaill

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Miss Nan Casey

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baile Throimléid, Co. na Mí