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School: Marlfield, Cluain Meala

Location:
Marlfield, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Mary E. Skally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567, Page 211

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Two dead men fighting two bling men looking on two cripples running for the police and two dummies telling them to hurry on
    Nonsense
    What is it that is open when it is closed and closed when it is open?
    A railway gait
    What goes up a chimney down. but would not go down the chimney up?
    An umbrella
    Black and white and red all over
    A newspaper
    Patches upon patches without any stitches riddle me that and I will give you a pair of breeches.
    A head of cabbage.
    If a fellow met a fellow in a
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    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
    Rosaleen Millett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary