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School: Portlongfield

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Portlongfield, Co. Cavan
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S. Ní Chuilinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 021

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    Riddles
    8th April 1938
    Spell broken down ditch in three letters?
    Answer: gap
    On what side of a cup is the handle?
    Answer: on the outside
    What goes up the ladder with its head down?
    Answer: a nail in a boot
    Black and white on one side and white and black on the other side?
    Answer: a magpie
    Black and white and read all over?
    Answer: a newspaper
    As black and I am, I am much admired, men and horses I have tired, gold and silver I have made, but not in the ash pit I am laid?
    Answer: boal
    Long legs short thighs little head and no eyes?
    Answer: the tongs
    In the Pheonix Park there walked a deer with silver horns and sides so clear he was neither fish, flesh, feathers or bones. In the Pheonix Park he walked alone?
    Answer: a snail
    Two dead men fighting, two blind men
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Molly Tully
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumamry, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Tully
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    38
    Address
    Coragh Glebe, Co. Cavan