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School: Monknewton (roll number 9696)

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Monknewtown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 397

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    [One goes up and other goes down]
    19. What is the greatest wonder on the map of Europe? [That Hungary did not eat Turkey]
    20. Jenny in the ditch Jenny out of the ditch if you go near her she will bite you? [A nettle]
    21. What has a head and no face? [A match]
    22. What has a face and no head? [A clock]
    23. What has a trunk and no ribs? [A tree]
    24. What city would fit in a bottle? [Cork]
    25. What has ribs and no trunk? [An umbrella]
    26. When was beef the highest? [When the cow jumped over the moon]
    27. What is the longest night in the year? [A fortnight]
    28. What is the longest rope in the world?
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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
    William Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Monknewtown, Co. Meath