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School: Kinnitty

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Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 336

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. When is your face like a bucket?
    A. When it is a little "pale".
    Q. What goes up a ladder with it's head down.
    A. Nails in your boots.
    Q. Which is the right side of a wedding cake.
    A. The side that has been eaten, because the other side is left.
    Q. What has no wings but can fly.
    A. Dust.
    Q. What is it the longer it lives the shorter it grows.
    A. A Candle.
    Q. What is taken from you before you get it.
    A. Your photograph.
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