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School: Ferbane (Convent)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr Patrick
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    tween a postage stamp and a school teacher? One sticks with a lick, and the other licks with a stick.
    What runs, and has no legs? Water.
    What turns without moving? Milk.
    What goes from here to Dublin without moving? The road.
    A riddle, a riddle as I suppose,
    A hundred eyes and never a nose?
    A sieve.
    "Hick - a - more, hack - a - more,
    On the king's kitchen door,
    All the king's horses and all the king's men
    Could not drive hick - a - more hack - a - more
    Off the king's kitchen door?
    Sunshine.
    Said the child to his father,
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Imelda Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly