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School: Kilmuckridge

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Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
L. Mac Donnell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 201

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is black + white and Read all over
    A Newspaper.
    Hairy in and hairy out and hairy into hairy's mouth.
    A man putting on his stocking.
    What has a head like a thimble and a tail like a Rat.
    A Pipe.
    There is a little hole, and it stands by the wall and would swallow all the coal from here to Donegal.
    A Fire.
    Hink, Hank, under a Bank
    and 10 drawing 4.
    A Woman milking a Cow.
    As round as an apple, as flat as a pan
    half a woman and a whole man
    A Penny.
    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
    Informant
    John Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Ballygarran, Co. Wexford