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School: Boyerstown (roll number 13285)

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Boyerstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Thomas Foley
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    When is a penny like a hermit.
    When it is a loan
    Why should Ireland soon be rich.
    Because its capital is Dublin
    One hundred eyes and cannot see
    Soup.
    What are the most unsociable things in the world.
    Milestones. You never see two together.
    Why is a miser like a man with a bad memory.
    He is always forgetting.
    What has a neck and body and nothing else.
    A bottle.
    Which ship do we all like to avoid.
    Hardship.
    What is that which never asks questions yet requires many answered calls.
    The door-bell.
    Why should a hen never be untidy.
    Because she carries a comb
    How can you cure a slow horse.
    Tie him to a post and make him fast
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Devine
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Informant
    Patrick Devine
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Boyerstown, Co. Meath