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School: Cloncarneel

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Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is the wettest letter in the alphabet?
    T. Because it is in the middle of water.
    What has one leg, one arm and four faces?
    A lamp-post
    What man has the highest profession?
    A steeplejack
    What has four fingers and a thumb and yet cannot hold an apple?
    A glove
    Why does a miller wear a white cap?
    To cover his head.
    Give it butter it will cry give it water it will die?
    A fire.
    What flies with four wings?
    Two birds.
    What time are soldiers tired?
    At the end of March.
    When is a trunk like two letters of the alphabet?
    When it is empty (M. T.)
    A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire?
    A birdcage.
    When could you say a cook is angry?
    When she is beating eggs and whipping cream.
    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
    Lillie Rooney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncarneel, Co. Meath