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1. Old Riddles (continued)

   

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   Q. I was born in Ireland and I fought for Ireland, my parents were born in America and they stoped in America.
   A. A game cock.
   Q. What goes from Dublin to Cork and never comes back.
   A. A railway line.
   Q. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never goes into the wood.
   A. A bark of a tree.
   Q. Four stiff standers, four diddles danders, tow luggers, two crookers a shaker and a licker.
   A. A cow.
   Q. Forty sheep went through a gap forty more were after that six, seven ten a eleven, two and three how many is that.
   A. Five.
   Q. What goes over the hill and never comes back.
   A.A path.
   Q. I am (also) alway in jam but never in jerry. I am alway in apple but never in nellie.
   A. A
   Q. If a boy was Irish his mother was Scotch and if he was born

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seamus Timmon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clowninny, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Hugh Reilly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clowninny, Co. Cavan