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School: Cluainín (roll number 13231)

Location:
Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 138

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    Q: As I went out a slippery gap I met a man with a red cap, he had timber heels and iron toes and ‘pon my word he’d frighten the crows.
    A: Gun.
    Q: Over the head and under the hat?
    A: The hair of the head.
    Q: What is it that a motor-car cannot stir without but is absolutely no use to it.
    A: Noise
    Q: Under the water, over the water ne’er touches the water.
    A: Your Shadow.
    Q: A bridge over water with-out stick or stone.
    A: Ice.
    Q: It went up white and came down yellow.
    A: An egg.
    Q: What can run but has no legs.
    A: A water tap.
    Q: A flock of white sheep on a red hill here
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Meara
    Gender
    Female