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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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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0524, Page 208

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    Riddles continued.
    25. God and you can't eat it?
    Ans: Nothing.
    26. What draws without pulling:
    Ans: Tea.
    27. All round the wood and can't get into the wood.
    Ans: A hoop on a barrrel.
    28. What is it that passes every house and sleeps abroad:
    Ans: The road.
    29. As round a a ring as light as a feather and all the men in Ireland woudn't lift it.
    Ans: A bubble.
    30. What is it that has a neck and a body but nothing else?
    Ans: A bottle.
    31. What goes to Dublin and never moves?
    Ans: The road.
    32. I went to a wood and got it when I got it I sat down to look for it and I brought it home with me.
    Ans: A thorn.
    33. Four stick-standards, four lily handles, two hokers, two workers and a twist about.
    Ans: A cow
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