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School: Castlepollard Boys (roll number 5513)

Location:
Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
William Coghlan
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. Black and white and re(a)d all over?
    A. A Book.
    Q. What is more plentiful than straw on a thatched house?
    A. The knots on the straw viz - the joinings.
    Q. What is the strongest animal in the world?
    A. A snail because he carries his house on his back.
    Q. Why does a donkey prefer thistles to oats?
    A. Because he is an ass.
    Q. He was born in New York. His father and mother were never there; they never left Dublin?
    A. A chicken.
    Q. When is a cow not a cow?
    A. When she's turned into a field.
    Q. Smoke in the wood and no fire.
    A. A cow-dung.
    Q. Long legs, short thighs, little head and no eyes?
    A. A tongs.
    Q. Under the water and over the water and never touches a bit of the water?
    A. An egg in a duck.
    Q. What is smaller than a spider's mouth
    A. The bit that goes into it.
    Q. What is it that stands still, wags its tail and runs?
    A. A pump.
    Q. What has a foot and cannot put a boot on it?
    A. A mountain.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Raymond Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Seamus Finnegan
    Gender
    Male