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School: Ráth Chormaic (C.) (roll number 1878)

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Rathcormack, Co. Cork
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Máiréad Ní Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 445

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    ground like hailstone?
    a A magpie
    Q Why is Cork the smallest County
    a Because it would fit into the top of a bottle.
    Q Under the fire over the fire and never touches the fire?
    A A cake in a bastable.
    Q Nannie inside the ditch. Nannie outside the ditch and if you touched her she would bite you?
    a. A nettle
    Q Why is a little girl Hannah can never sweep out a room?
    a. Because she couldn't sweep out a room only the dirt.
    Q Whats the difference between a cat and a coma?
    a Because one had his clause at the end of his paws and the other has pause at the end of a claws.
    Q Spell my little boys name backwards and forwards
    A Bob.
    Q Spell my little girls name backwards and forwards 'tis all the same?
    a Hannah.
    Q Constantinople is a big word if you can't spell it
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
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    Kathleen Rea
    Gender
    Female