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School: Teampall Mhuire

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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0143, Page 455

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    (2) Why should Ireland soon be rich?
    Ans. Because its capital is Dublin.
    (3) Why is a miser like a man with a bad memory?
    Ans. He is always forgetting.
    (4) What has a neck and body, but nothing else?
    Ans. A bottle.
    (5) What ship do we all like to avoid?
    Ans. Hardship.
    (6) What is that which never asks questions but requires many answers?
    Ans. The door bell.
    (7) Why should a hen be never untidy?
    Ans. because she always carries with her a little comb.
    (8) Tink tank under the bank and ten drawing four.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Killeen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo