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   Why does an ass back to the ditch. (Answer) The ditch will not back to the ass.

   

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   Out of a goose I come. No goose am I. Letters I can write. No tongue have I. What am I. (Answer) A quill pin.

   

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   Under gravel I do travel. Over board I do stand. I rode a mare that never foaled and I held the bridle in my hand. (Answer) a ship. Deep down in the earth is a place of my birth. I am as black as the night and your home I make bright. When I burst into flame who can tell me my name. (Answer) a coal. White bird featherless flew from Paradise perched in the sea and the sea swallowed it. (Answer) Snow. A row of white cows hid in a stall one red cow came out and licked them all. (Answer) Your tongue and your teeth. Up the borheen down the borheen. I carried the borheen in my back. (Answer) a ladder.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Price

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Moy, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Martin Price

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Moy, Co. Clare