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School: Asdee (B.) (roll number 10501)

Location:
Astee, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eamonn Ó Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0402, Page 185

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  1. Riddles Common in the District (continued)

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    A. An egg.
    Q. How would you drink a bottle of stout without taking the cork off it?
    A. Drive the cork into the bottle.
    Q. When was milk the highest?
    A. When the cow jumped over the moon.
    Q. Riddle me! riddle me! ri, where did you sleep last Saturday night, the wind blew, the cock crew, the bells of heaven struck eleven, it is time for my poor soul to go to heaven?
    A. A fox burying his mother under an ivy tree.
    Q. What is full of holes and holds water?
    A. A sponge.
    Q. What colour was the waves when the wind blew?
    A. The waves "rose" and the wind blue.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Denihan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Kilcolman, Co. Kerry