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School: Broadford, Moyvalley (roll number 764)

Location:
Broadford, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Dónall Ó Buachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0771, Page 032

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    What goes in dry and comes out wet and the longer its within the stronger it gets?
    Ans: Tea
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup. all the men in Derry would not lift it up?
    Ans: A spring well
    Why is a torn flag like a worn sixpence?
    Ans: One is a tattered banner and the other is a battered tanner.
    What is the difference between a spendthrift and a feather-bed?
    Ans: One is hard-up and the other is soft-down.
    Why is a vain lady like a confirmed drunkard?
    Ans: Because neither of them can get enough of the glass
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Dixon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Broadford, Co. Kildare