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School: Baile Tiobóid (roll number 14016)

Location:
Ballytibbot, Co. Cork
Teachers:
R. de Brún E. Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0393, Page 064

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    biggest hat?-
    The man with the biggest head.
    Which is the right thing to say the yoke of an egg is white or the yoke of an egg are white?-
    Both are wrong, because the yoke of an egg is yellow.
    What walks with its head down?-
    A nail in your boot.
    Why is a black hen better than a white hen?-
    Because a black hen can lay a white egg and a white hen cannot lay a black egg.
    When would three black hens make three white hens?-
    When they are plucked.
    I have a little red cow. She eats all I give her but drinks nothing at all?-
    A fire.
    What goes in dry and comes out wet?-
    Tea.
    Why don't farmers tell secrets in the corn field?-
    Because there are too many ears about
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cití Ní Dhubhthaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyshane, Co. Cork