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School: Tang (roll number 8037)

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Tang, Co. Westmeath
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T. Ó Caisil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 501

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    There is a table in my fathers garden and it is neither made of ash,elm,or beech or any tree that could be grow and what is it made of ?
    A. Ice
    What is it that when it opens it shuts and when it shut it opens?
    A. The railway gates.
    What is in Heaven that man made?
    A. The wounds in our Lords feet.
    What is it that Luke has it in (frond)front and Paul has it behind,and Lally has it three times in the one spot
    A. The letter L.
    Why is Ireland like a bottle?
    A. Because there is a CORK in it.
    What is the largest word in the English language?
    A. Miles.
    How many sides to a mug?
    A. Two. Outside and inside
    (The)What side of a mug is the handle on? A.The outside.
    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
    Lily Thumelty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Informant
    Mrs Thumelty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonkeen, Co. Westmeath