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Tullow, Co. Carlow
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Br. Míchéal Ó Maoileoin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q Hink hank under the bank ten drawing four
    A A woman milking a cow.
    Q Give a person a penny and ask him to show your four r's on one side and one on the other
    A On the head side there are four r's and on the harp side there is the word one.
    Q As I went out in a slabbery gap I met my uncle Thady I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left him lying easy?
    A A man drinking a bottle of wine.
    Q Why did the pillar booc?
    A Because it saw the garden fence.
    Q When does a carving knife travel?
    A When it goes through turkey and greece.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Laurence Whelan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullow, Co. Carlow