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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Sráid an Mhuilinn (roll number 2278)

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Millstreet, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An tSr. Caoimhín
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    1. What part of a cow goes over a ditch first
    Her breath
    2. What is the shyest thing in a house?
    The clock (became) because it hides its face with its hand.
    3. A man without eyes saw apples on a tree, he took no apple from it and left no apple from it and left no apples on it.
    A man with one eye saw two apples on a tree he took (no apple) one and left the other.
    4. Patches upon patched and no stitch.
    Head of cabbage.
    5. What is the sickest thing in a house.
    The window because it's all pains (panes)
    6. What is half the moon like
    The other half
    7. Why is a book like a tree
    Because there are (trees) leaves on it.
    8. Why does a cow look over the ditch.
    Because she couldnt look under it.
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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
    Mary Corkery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Claragh Beg, Co. Cork