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School: Caherelly, Grange, Kilmallock (roll number 2184)

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Caherelly, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
John Raleigh
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    Riddles continued.
    18. and 'tis nearer to you than me.
    Ans: The back of your poll.
    19. Humpy backed father, hollow-hearted mother, three little children all the came colour:
    Ans: The three legs of a pot.
    20. Two n's two o's an I and a D put them together and what shall they be?
    Ans: London
    21. Riddle me Riddlg eme what is that over the head and under the hat?
    Ans: The hair of your head.
    22. There was a fiddle in Limerick that had a brother - fiddler in Cork but the fiddler in Cork had no brother - fiddler in Limerick. What relation was the fiddler in Limerick to the fiddler in Cork.
    Ans: A sister.
    23. What part of the cow goes through the gap first?
    Ans: Her breath
    24. A flock of white sheep on a red hill, here ther go there they go now they stand still.
    Ans: Teeth and the gums
    25. Angrier than the devil, wiser that
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