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School: Drumconrath (B.) (roll number 16143)

Location:
Drumcondra, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Patrick Cassidy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 018

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    There is a little house and holds hundreds but wouldn't hold me and my clothes
    Answer=A bee hive
    Twenty four white cows standing on a red wall,up came a red bull and licks round them all
    Answer=your tongue licking your teeth
    Red and white and emerald green the King couldn't touch it no more than the Queen
    answer= a rainbow
    Long legs, short thighs, little head and no eyes
    Answer= tongs
    A housefull a roomfull and couldn't catch a spoonfull
    Answer=smoke
    As black as silk as white as milk and hops on the road like hailstones
    Answer= a magpie
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