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School: Balrath (1) (roll number 9770)

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Balrath, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Ní Pharthaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 320

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What goes up when rain comes down?
    Ans: An umbrella.
    What day of the year is supposed to go forth.
    Ans: 4th March.
    Ellen Gillooley
    Carlanstown.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Forty sheep went out on a gap, forty more followed, six, seven, ten, eleven, two and three, how many is that?
    Ans: Five.
    What goes in black, comes out white and goes in white and comes out black.
    Ans: A priest saying Mass.
    What is it that is cut in the middle and never eaten.
    Ans: A pack of cards.
    A jumper of ditches, a clipper of thorns, a little brown cow with a pair of leather horns.
    Ans: A hare.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carlanstown, Co. Westmeath