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School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)

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Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dálaigh
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    16 What draws without pulling?
    Ans - Tea
    17 What smells most when you go into a chemist's shop?
    Ans - The nose
    18 Patch upon patch without any stitches
    Riddle me that and I'll buy you a britches?
    Ans - A head of a cabbage
    19 What bell never rings?
    Ans - The Bluebell.
    20 When it's in it's easy,
    When it's out it's like a trout slippery
    wet and greasy?
    Ans - The tongue.
    21 What is the smallest bridge in the world?
    Ans - The bridge of your nose.
    22 What banks have no money?
    Ans - The banks of a river
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Donal Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Donal Duggan
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Francis Kelleher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scarteen Lower, Co. Cork
    Collector
    William J. Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scarteen Lower, Co. Cork