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School: Forth (roll number 12909)

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Kilmannan, Co. Wexford
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Máire, Bean Uí Chraith
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    18. What is it that has four legs and only one foot
    Ans: A Bedstead.
    19. What town is drawn more frequently than any other ?
    Ans: Cork.
    20. How can book-keeping be taught in a lesson of three words?
    Ans: Never lend them.
    21. What poet was never slow.
    Ans: Swift.
    22. I washed my hands in water that was never rained or sprung and I dried them in a towel that was never woven or spun .
    Ans: I washed them in dew and I dried them in the sun.
    Patrick Maker,
    Kilmannon,
    Cleariestown
    Co. Wexford.
    22-6-'38
    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
    Patrick Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmannan, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmannan, Co. Wexford