School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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   the skin of his teeth. Answer. Saint Justin. As round as a marble as flat as a pan, the half of a woman and the whole of a man. Answer. A penny. What part of a cow goes over the wall first. Anstwer. Its breath. Everyone has it and no one can do without it and its the name of a bird. Answer. Swallow. Everyone saw it but they will never see it again. Answer. Yesterday. As green as grass and grass it isn't. As red as a rose and a rose it isn't. As black as ink and ink it

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Pauline Mc Carthy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Adare, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Kate Houlihan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   93

   Address

   Adare, Co. Limerick