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School: Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin (roll number 10243)

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Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
Teacher:
C. Ó Ríordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 182

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    Headed like a thimble,
    Tailed like a rat
    You may guess for ever but you could not guess that.
    Answer. A pipe.
    What name of a city goes into a bottle?
    Answer. Cork.
    Black I am and black I'll be.
    Many the one that has injured me.
    Broke my head and broke my face
    And brought me from my native place
    Answer, Coal or Turf.
    A hard working father,
    A lazy mother,
    And twelve children.
    Answer, A Clock.
    Two black men and a white man went out for a drive one day.
    The two black men ate the white man.
    What was the number of the car?
    Answer 281.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilnameela, Co. Cork