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School: Robinstown (roll number 9039)

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Robinstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Teresa Coyne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0698, Page 342

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What has an eye and cannot see?
    A needle
    Why is the clock the shyest thing in the house?
    Because it always keeps its hands before its face.
    Why is there no honey in Blackrock?
    Because there is only one B (bee) in it.
    I went to the wood and got it, I brought it home because I could not find it!
    A thorn
    Why does a hen go over the road?
    Because she cannot go under it.
    If a man had ten patches on his coat what time would it be?
    Time he got a new one
    When is a farmer like a dentist?
    When he is pulling out stumps.
    Where do go on your twelfth birthday?
    In to your thirteenth year.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Moira Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Robinstown, Co. Meath