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School: Piercetown (C.) (roll number 8690)

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Piercetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire Furlong
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    C. Why is it unwise to tell secrets to cats?
    F. Because they carry tails (tales)
    C. As I was going to St Ives.
    I met a man with seven wives
    Each wife had seven cats
    Each cat had seven kits.
    How many were going to St Ives.
    F. One only = myself. (Others going in opposite direction)
    C. What is it that goes under the water
    And over the water and yet never touches the water ?
    F. A girl crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head
    C. What is black and white and "red" all over ?
    F. A newspaper. (Read all over)
    C. What has four legs but cannot walk ?
    F. A bed.
    C. What goes up as the rain comes down
    F. An umbrella.
    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
    Mary Furlong
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Piercetown, Co. Wexford