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School: Reary, Rosenallis (roll number 924)

Location:
Reary More, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Ml. Dagg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0823, Page 146

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0823, Page 146

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    rain comes down? An umbrella.
    What stick does not grow in the wood? A candlestick.
    What is the most like the half of a moon? The other half.
    Brother and sister father and mother running all day and cannot catch one another? The four wheels of a motor car.
    Red and white and flourishing green, the king could not touch it and neither could the queen? A rainbow.
    Neither inside nor outside but it is inside and outside? A window.
    How would you make a currant cake without putting currants in it? Put one current in it.
    What three letters will frighten a thief? I C U.
    When does water stop
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Coffey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonduff, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Michael Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonduff, Co. Laois