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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Tulach

Location:
Tulla, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Sr. M. Lorcán
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    049.
    Riddles
    Q.As round as an apple as flat as a pan the head of a woman and the whole of a man.
    A. A penny
    Q.Why is your nose like the "v" in civility
    A.It is between two eves.
    Q.This blue this white this sparkle green the king cannot touch it no more than the queen.
    A.A rainbow.
    Q.What county would fit in a bottle
    A.Cork.
    Q.As black as ink and ink it is not,as white as milk and milk it is not .
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Shéosaimhthin Ní Mhocháin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ardbooly Lower, Co. Clare