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

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Rathcormack, Co. Cork
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 446

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    you are a big dunce?
    a. I.T.
    Q What has twelve wings and yet cannot fly?
    a A shilling.
    Q Spell my red rogue run away in three letters?
    a A fox.
    Q As round as a marble as deep as a cup all the king's army couldn't pick it up
    a A well.
    Q What bed is never covered?
    a The bed of the ocean.
    Q If a shovel and tongs cost £1 - 10 - 0 what would a ton of coal cost?
    a Ashes.
    Q Whats the dirtiest thing in the house?
    a black
    Q The King of Manchester sent over to his sister the Queen a bottomless vessel all filled up with
    a A ring.
    Q What ship do we all try to avoid?
    a Hardship.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
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