School: Roisín (roll number 12395)
- Location:
- Rusheen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Chorcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 087
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- Riddles are questions given to puzzle the hearer. I will now tell you some of the riddles I know.
Q. "Eight arms and no hand.
A wooden leg but cannot stand.
Often wet but cannot feel.
Has no shoes shod with steel.
A robe of silk with a belt around the middle.
Now can you guess this silly riddle.
A. An umbrella.
Q. What part of a race-horse goes over a fence first.
A. His breath.
Q. Four legs up and four legs down. Soft in the middle and hard all round.
A. A bed.
Q. Hairy in and hairy out.
I stuck my leg in hairy's mouth.
A. A stocking.
Q. Middy-noddy round body.
Three feet and a wooden hat.
A. A pot.
Q. A head like a thimble.
A tail like a rat.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tim Cotter
- Gender
- Male
