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School: Christ Church, Castlebar (roll number 14358)

Location:
Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A. C. Ní Mhaitiú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 205

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Answer: A well.
    Why is an orange like a circus.
    Answer. Because it is good inside and bad outside.
    Black and white and red all over.
    Answer. The newspaper
    If there are ten patches on a man's trousers what time is it.
    Answer: Time to get a new pair.
    If Tom's father was Dick's Son what relation was Tom to Dick.
    Answer. His grandfather.
    Up the town and down the town and all heads down
    Answer. The nails in your
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eva Carson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloontybaunan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Jordan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Carheens, Co. Mayo