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School: Maoilinn (C.), Áth Treasna

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Meelin, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Cheallacháin
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  1. A Collection of Riddles

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    1) What smells most in a perfumer's shop?
    Answer :- The nose.
    2) Why is a vain young lady compared to a drunkard?
    Answer :- Because they are both fond of the glass.
    3) What goes around from house to house and never goes in?
    Answer :- A path.
    4) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
    Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
    All the King's horses and all the King's men could not put Hunpty Dumpty together again.
    Answer :- An egg.
    5) As black as ink, as white as milk, and it hops on the ground like hailstone.
    Answer :- A pagpie.
    6) Twenty sick (six) sheep went out a gap nineteen fell dead and how many came back?
    Answer :- One.
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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
    Informant
    Mrs P. P. Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gooseberryhill, Co. Cork