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School: Baltrasna (roll number 4086)

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Baltrasna, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Shuibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 277

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    Riddles
    1/ Old Mrs Murphy, she had but one eye, and a very long tail that she let fly, and every time she would go through a gap she would leave a bit of her tail in the trap?
    Answer. A woolen thread in a darning-needle when you would be darning a stocking.
    2/ Why does a cow come over a hill?
    Ans. Because she can not go under it.
    3/ Black and white and read all over?
    Ans. A news paper.
    4/ As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man?
    Ans. A penny.
    5/ Round the house and round the house and lies in a corner at night?
    And. A broom.
    6/ What turns without moving?
    Ans. Milk when it turns sour.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellie Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Springhall, Co. Meath