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School: Durrow (B.) (roll number 3517)

Location:
Durrow, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Sabhaois
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0830, Page 053

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0830, Page 053

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  1. Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    As I went over a slobbery gap I met my Uncle Davy. I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left his body aisy.
    Answer: A bottle of stout
    The more you take from it the bigger it gets.
    A hole.
    What part of a train comes into the station first?
    The noise
    Forty sheep went over a gap; forty more went after that. Six seven, ten eleven two and three and how many is that?
    Five
    I have a little man up the hill and if you pull his legs his nose will bleed.
    A pump
    What goes up when the rain comes down?
    An umbrella
    Twenty white horses in a stall: up comes a red one and licks them all.
    Your teeth and your tongue
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English