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School: Crossmolina (B.)

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Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Corcaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 487

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    oven?
    Answer: "Two" the inside and the outside
    Question: Why does a cow look over the fence
    Answer: because she cannot look under it.
    Question: What is the difference between A and B
    Answer: When pronouncing A the mouth is opened and when pronouncing B the mouth is shut.
    Question: What walsk with its head down?
    Answer: The nails in a shoe.
    Question: Black and white and read all over?
    Answer: The newspaper.
    Question: As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church wall over steeple and all?
    Answer: The sun.
    Question: Steel toes, iron nose,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullenmore North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Mullenmore North, Co. Mayo