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School: Killyon (roll number 7120)

Location:
Killyon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Fithcheallaigh
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Answer: An egg in a duck
    No. 8.
    Tom's father is Dick's son what is the relation between Dick and Tom.
    Answer: Grand relation.
    No. 9.
    Said the child to the father how does it come that you are my father and I am not your son?
    Answer: His daughter.
    No. 10.
    A row of white horses on a red hill here they go, there they go, and yet they stand still.
    Answer: Teeth.
    No. 11.
    A little house that would not fit a mouse and there are as many windows in it as in the Lord Mayors house
    Answer: A thimble.
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    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
    John Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killyon, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Joe Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killyon, Co. Meath