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School: Dromlohan, Kilcornan (roll number 15848)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 463

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    on the other side.
    (18) What is the difference between a burglar and a wig? One has false keys and the other has false locks.
    (19) Through the wood and through the wood and peeps in every corner.: The Sun.
    (20) As I looked over yonder wall I saw the dead carrying the living away: A Boat.
    (21) Chip, chip, cherry all the men in Derry could not mend chip, chip, cherry: Smoke.
    (22) What is the first thing a gardener would set in his garden? His Foot.
    (23) What is it that always walks on its head? A Boot Nail.
    (24) Middy, moddy, round body, three feet and a wooden hat: A Pot.
    (25) What is full and holds more? A pot full of potatoes to which water must be added.
    13th December 1937
    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
    Thomas Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moig, Co. Limerick