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School: Durrus, Bantry (roll number 13023)

Location:
Durrus, Co. Cork
Teacher:
L. Blennerhassett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0285, Page 165

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    ... and all the King's men could not put Humpty together again? An egg.
    Constantinople is a very great word and if you cannot spell it you are a very big dunce. IT.
    What fruit is on every page of your empty copy book. A date.
    Three ladies dressed in white, they got the fever and died one night? Three candles.
    As round as a marble as deep as a cup, the King and his army could not take it up? A sprung well.
    What crosses a room without making a noise? A shadow.
    Why is a wasp like a school masters cane? Because it stings.
    It is red it is yellow, it is parable green, the King could not get at it nor neither the Queen? The rainbow.
    Patches upon patches without any stitches? A head of cabbage.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Susannah Jane Pyburn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Pyburn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunbeacon, Co. Cork