School: Tobar (C.)

Location:
Tober, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Bean Uí Thóirdhealbhaigh
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    What man in the army wears the biggest hat?
    The man with the biggest head.
    If a ton of coal cost £2, what would a tone of turf come to?
    Ashes
    Londenderry, Cork, and Kerry, spell that without an K.
    That
    One foot, one head, and four legs
    A bed
    Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat, you can guess for ever but you will not guess that.
    A pipe
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Connor
    Gender
    Female