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School: Trentagh (roll number 16331)

Location:
Treantagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. Nic Pheadair
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    Its bark.
    9 What part of a dog is fartherest away from its tail?
    Its bark.
    10 It's long and it's narrow and it's not very wide and it wears a green border on every side.
    The road.
    11 What goes from London to York without moving?
    The railway.
    12 What always walks on its head?
    A nail in a boot.
    13 When is a hat like a king?
    When it has a crown.
    14 What room can no one enter?
    The mushroom.
    15 Chip, chip, cherry, all the men in Derry could'nt climb chip, chip cherry.
    The smoke.
    16 Middy - noddy, round the body, three feet and a wooden hat.
    A pot.
    17 What goes away above the ground and comes back under the ground.
    A man with sods on his head.
    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
    Joseph Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Treanbeg, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr David Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Treanbeg, Co. Donegal