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School: Boicetown, Dunleer (roll number 843)

Location:
Boycetown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
J. Higgins
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    It never was or never will be?
    A mouse's nest in a cat's ear.
    What weight is the moon?
    Four qrs = one cwt.
    What goes up when the rain comes down.?
    An umbrella.
    What is the height of nonsence?
    An elephant hanging from a cliff and his tail tied to a bualthraun.
    A little black lamb bloodless went into a field footless ate grass toothless and came out as full as a fish?
    A snail.
    A fiddler in Cork had a brother a fiddler in New York and the fiddler in New York had no brother a fiddler in Cork?
    A sister that was the fiddler in Cork.
    Spell the red rogue of the world in three letters?
    Fox.
    When does a chair dislike you?
    When it cannot bear you.
    As I went out my Uncle's gap I met my Uncle David with a stick in his hand and a stone in his belly riddle me
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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
    James Heavey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunany, Co. Louth