School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)

Location:
Philpotstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    There was a bitch and she has three pups, trip, tray, and tram, which was the bitches name.
    "Which"
    What stands on one leg and has his heart in his head.
    "A head of cabbage"
    Whats the difference between a tree and an aeroplane
    "One sheds its leaves and the other leaves its shed."
    Why does a dog lick a pot
    "Because he can't pick it"
    Hizzle, hizzle haw sits in her cage a little above the well all her children died with age but herself is there still.
    "A hawthorn tree"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. As round as a marble as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man.?
    A penny.
    As round as a marble as deep as a cup and all the king horses could not draw it up?
    The moon in a well.
    Where was Moses when the light went out?
    In the dark.
    When was B the first letter in the Alphabet?
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Swan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismullin, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Patrick Swan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismullin, Co. Meath