School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)
- Location:
- Cluain Meala, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Sr M. Peadar
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- 22 nd Sept 1938.
Riddles (local)
What turns without moving?
Answer:- Milk turns sour.
It's white and black red all over?
Answer - A newspaper.
Patches upon patches without any sticking?
Answer - A head of cabbage.
As I went up a slippery hill I met my Uncle Tady I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body easy?
Answer. A bottle of wine.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nellie Sweetman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cluain Meala, Co. Thiobraid Árann